DAY 9 KUALA BESUT Quotable quotes, planned events and unplanned incidents as they take place in the run-up to the by-election.
6.15pm: The turnout for early voting at the Multipurpose Hall of the Royal Malaysian Air Force base in Gong Kedak was 79.36 per cent, says the Election Commission (EC).
EC director for Terengganu Fakhrul Razi Ab Wahab says when early voting closed at 5pm, only 911 of the 1,148 military personnel and spouses and police officers eligible to cast their ballots turned up.
The ballot boxes for the early voting from the two voting streams provided at the hall will be kept at the lockup of the Besut police headquarters until polling day next Wednesday.
EC director for Terengganu Fakhrul Razi Ab Wahab says when early voting closed at 5pm, only 911 of the 1,148 military personnel and spouses and police officers eligible to cast their ballots turned up.
The ballot boxes for the early voting from the two voting streams provided at the hall will be kept at the lockup of the Besut police headquarters until polling day next Wednesday.
4:10pm: DPM Muhyiddin Yassin dishes out RM35 million to repair a dam in Pengkalan Nangka, Kuala Besut to irrigate 900 hectares of paddy fields and calls for the people to support BN’s candidate.
“I know about the dam that needs repairs. The allocation RM35 million has been approved.
“It will serve to upgrade the dam improve its operation so that paddy can be planted twice a year,” he said at a gathering with local fishermen and farmers in Dataran Kuala Besut.
During his presentation he called on the roughly 1,000 present to give their support to the BN candidate Tengku Zaihan Che Ku Abdul Rahman so that his promise can be carried out.
“I know about the dam that needs repairs. The allocation RM35 million has been approved.
“It will serve to upgrade the dam improve its operation so that paddy can be planted twice a year,” he said at a gathering with local fishermen and farmers in Dataran Kuala Besut.
During his presentation he called on the roughly 1,000 present to give their support to the BN candidate Tengku Zaihan Che Ku Abdul Rahman so that his promise can be carried out.
12:30pm: PAS central committee member Dzulkefli Ahmad says those who spread SMS about friction with Terengganu PAS commissioner Mohd Abdul Wahid Endut was “hilarious, ill-intentioned and malicious”.
The messages apparently claim that Mohd Abdul Wahid is unhappy with the choice of PAS vice president Husam Musa as election director and left for Mecca as a result.
‘Wahid Endut and wife went to Mecca yesterday. They must be unhappy over the choice of Husam Musa’ read the SMS received by members of the press.
Dzulkefli said Mohd Abdul Wahid’s trip had been planned even before the by-election was announced.
“What a joke lah. If we want to go for umrah we plan a year ahead and then the by-election just came up.
“The cooperation between the Terengganu (election) machinery and the central one is excellent.
“Everything is going as planned, from the national point of view,” he tells the media during a press conference.
Dzulkefli adds he does not know the sender of the SMS.
The messages apparently claim that Mohd Abdul Wahid is unhappy with the choice of PAS vice president Husam Musa as election director and left for Mecca as a result.‘Wahid Endut and wife went to Mecca yesterday. They must be unhappy over the choice of Husam Musa’ read the SMS received by members of the press.
Dzulkefli said Mohd Abdul Wahid’s trip had been planned even before the by-election was announced.
“What a joke lah. If we want to go for umrah we plan a year ahead and then the by-election just came up.
“The cooperation between the Terengganu (election) machinery and the central one is excellent.
“Everything is going as planned, from the national point of view,” he tells the media during a press conference.
Dzulkefli adds he does not know the sender of the SMS.
11.30am: Wan Ahmad tells a press conference at the airbase that the EC would only announce the results of the Kuala Besut by-election after 10pm on polling day, even if the results are ready earlier.
"This is to give a chance for them (political leaders) to fulfill theirsolat tawarikh (special Ramadan prayers), he said.
He added that the expected turnout for the advance polling is at least 95 percent, while the turnout for the normal polling day on July 24 is over 75 percent.
"Although it is a weekday, we expect a high turnout because most people who are working nearby," he told reporters.
He added that two bottles of indelible ink has been prepared for each of the 36 normal polling streams and two advance polling streams, but declined to reveal its silver nitrate content or cost.
Instead, he stressed that the ink has been approved by the Ministry of Health and the Islamic Affairs Department.
11am: Election Commission (EC) deputy chief Wan Ahmad Wan Omar visits Gong Kedak Royal Malaysian Air Force base as today is the advance voting day for the by-election.
Upon arrival, Wan Ahmad flashes his left forefinger, inked with indelible ink, to prove that the indelible ink which will be used in this by-election is better than the product used during 13th general election.
“It's the sixth day, I washed it with all kinds of things, and it's still there,” he tells the press.
In Kuala Besut, there are 1,134 army personnel and 14 police personnel qualified to exercise their right to cast their votes today as advance voters.
The polling process is taking place at the multi-purpose hall at the air force base from 8am to 5pm today.
Upon arrival, Wan Ahmad flashes his left forefinger, inked with indelible ink, to prove that the indelible ink which will be used in this by-election is better than the product used during 13th general election.“It's the sixth day, I washed it with all kinds of things, and it's still there,” he tells the press.
In Kuala Besut, there are 1,134 army personnel and 14 police personnel qualified to exercise their right to cast their votes today as advance voters.
The polling process is taking place at the multi-purpose hall at the air force base from 8am to 5pm today.
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