The Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) should investigate Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi over statements he made while campaigning in the Teluk Intan by-election yesterday, said Serdang MP Ong Kian Ming.
“This is to determine if he has conducted an offence under Section 5 of the Election Offences Act 1954 (Maintenance of Secrecy of a Vote) since he claims to be able to know whether a person has voted or not.
“Does this also mean that he is able to determine how a person has voted? Did he request the Election Commission to supply him with his information?
"And is he using this ‘knowledge’ as a threat against Rela members who may not vote for the BN candidate?” he said in a statement today.
Ong
(left) also urged the AGC to investigate Zahid for bribery, which is an offence under Section 10 of the same Act.
In a speech to Rela members yesterday Zahid said there are 8,000 Rela members who are Teluk Intan voters, but over 2,000 of them did not vote.
“Don't play-play with me. I know who has voted and who didn't…so, this time, make sure that BN wins this parliamentary seat,” he said.
He also promised members of Rela new uniforms if BN won the by-election and a RM1 million constituency allocation if voters backed BN candidate Mah Siew Keong.
“The failure of the attorney general to act quickly and decisively in response to the remarks of Zahid Hamidi will only further increase the public perception that the office of the Attorney General only acts when it is in the interest of the BN government,” Ong added.
“This is to determine if he has conducted an offence under Section 5 of the Election Offences Act 1954 (Maintenance of Secrecy of a Vote) since he claims to be able to know whether a person has voted or not.
“Does this also mean that he is able to determine how a person has voted? Did he request the Election Commission to supply him with his information?
"And is he using this ‘knowledge’ as a threat against Rela members who may not vote for the BN candidate?” he said in a statement today.
Ong
(left) also urged the AGC to investigate Zahid for bribery, which is an offence under Section 10 of the same Act.In a speech to Rela members yesterday Zahid said there are 8,000 Rela members who are Teluk Intan voters, but over 2,000 of them did not vote.
“Don't play-play with me. I know who has voted and who didn't…so, this time, make sure that BN wins this parliamentary seat,” he said.
He also promised members of Rela new uniforms if BN won the by-election and a RM1 million constituency allocation if voters backed BN candidate Mah Siew Keong.
“The failure of the attorney general to act quickly and decisively in response to the remarks of Zahid Hamidi will only further increase the public perception that the office of the Attorney General only acts when it is in the interest of the BN government,” Ong added.
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