TELUK INTAN DAP should lodge report with the Election Commission (EC) about the food hamper distribution in Teluk Intan instead of making allegations, BN candidate Mah Siew Keong said.
Mah was responding to claims by DAP that he was present at a function organised by Perbadanan Nasional Bhd (PNS), where some 100 people were given free food hampers yesterday.
DAP's Bukit Gasing assemblyperson R Rajiv, said he received a tip-off and went to check. He saw the BN candidate present at the function held at Jalan Bomba in
Teluk Intan town.
Rajiv claimed that he also heard the master of ceremonies (MC) at the event openly urging the attendees to vote for Mah.
The Gerakan president explained that the function was one of 32 events he attended yesterday, and he did not distribute anything to those present and that the goodies were given by the agency itself.
“Instead of making allegations, DAP should go and make report to the EC if it feels something is wrong.
"Let's investigate the facts,” Mah told a press conference at Teluk Intan Gerakan headquarters today.
In an earlier reply to from SMS by Malaysiakini, Mah (above, right) said when he saw the hampers being distributed, he "distanced himself".
Asked if he had heard the MC's call to vote for him, Mah said he couldn't hear anything from the MC at that time.
The Bersih's steering committee in a statement last Sunday reminded that the giving of gifts to voters goes against the Election Offences Act 1954, under Section 8 (treating) and Section 10 (bribery).
According to the two sections, a person who "directly or indirectly gives or provides ... or is accessory to the giving" of food and drink, money or "valuable consideration" for the purpose of influencing the voters is an offence.
'Dirtiest campaign I ever seen'
Mah then slammed DAP for providing a cheap bus service to outstation voters residing in Klang Valley by charging only RM10 for the return tickets.
Asked if this is “vote-buying”, Mah said he would not use that word but opined that this was not right.
“The buses are arranged by them, they are going to influence them (the voters) during the journey,” he said.
“Take the RM10 ticket, but vote me (and not DAP). I learned this (line) from them, but later they will say I'm a copycat,” he said in jest.
However, commenting on numerous reports of vandalism, including the word 'bodoh' spraypainted on his posters, Mah described the by-election as the dirtiest campaign that he had ever experienced.
“This is the dirtiest election, with a lot of slandering and false things. I'm actually quite disappointed,” he said.
Mah added the latest slander was a short clip circulating online since yesterday, that a fire at a furniture shop in Teluk Intan days ago had been twisted to implicate that BN component parties had burned down DAP's operations centre.
Mah was responding to claims by DAP that he was present at a function organised by Perbadanan Nasional Bhd (PNS), where some 100 people were given free food hampers yesterday.
DAP's Bukit Gasing assemblyperson R Rajiv, said he received a tip-off and went to check. He saw the BN candidate present at the function held at Jalan Bomba inTeluk Intan town.
Rajiv claimed that he also heard the master of ceremonies (MC) at the event openly urging the attendees to vote for Mah.
The Gerakan president explained that the function was one of 32 events he attended yesterday, and he did not distribute anything to those present and that the goodies were given by the agency itself.
“Instead of making allegations, DAP should go and make report to the EC if it feels something is wrong."Let's investigate the facts,” Mah told a press conference at Teluk Intan Gerakan headquarters today.
In an earlier reply to from SMS by Malaysiakini, Mah (above, right) said when he saw the hampers being distributed, he "distanced himself".
Asked if he had heard the MC's call to vote for him, Mah said he couldn't hear anything from the MC at that time.
The Bersih's steering committee in a statement last Sunday reminded that the giving of gifts to voters goes against the Election Offences Act 1954, under Section 8 (treating) and Section 10 (bribery).
According to the two sections, a person who "directly or indirectly gives or provides ... or is accessory to the giving" of food and drink, money or "valuable consideration" for the purpose of influencing the voters is an offence.
'Dirtiest campaign I ever seen'
Mah then slammed DAP for providing a cheap bus service to outstation voters residing in Klang Valley by charging only RM10 for the return tickets.
Asked if this is “vote-buying”, Mah said he would not use that word but opined that this was not right.“The buses are arranged by them, they are going to influence them (the voters) during the journey,” he said.
“Take the RM10 ticket, but vote me (and not DAP). I learned this (line) from them, but later they will say I'm a copycat,” he said in jest.
However, commenting on numerous reports of vandalism, including the word 'bodoh' spraypainted on his posters, Mah described the by-election as the dirtiest campaign that he had ever experienced.
“This is the dirtiest election, with a lot of slandering and false things. I'm actually quite disappointed,” he said.
Mah added the latest slander was a short clip circulating online since yesterday, that a fire at a furniture shop in Teluk Intan days ago had been twisted to implicate that BN component parties had burned down DAP's operations centre.
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