‘I was registered as voter without my knowledge’

A visually-impaired woman told the Bersih's People's Tribunal that she was registered as a Tawau voter when she was residing in Kudat.

SUBANG JAYA: In the afternoon session of the Bersih’s People’s Tribunal on the country’s 13th General Election today, a rather surprising revelation came about when a visually-impaired witness testified that her name was registered in the electoral roll without her knowledge.

Inungkiran from Sabah told the tribunal today that she had never registered as a voter.

“I never did that (register as a voter). A week before the GE, my friends were discussing about it as they too, had their names registered without their knowledge,” she said, adding that she was curious and checked her name on the Election Commission website and was shocked to find that she was a registered voter.

Besides that, she also discovered that the Election Commission had a record of her new and old identification card number as well as her private phone number.

“According to the website, my voting place was in Jalan Apas Tawau. I don’t know why I was registered in Tawau when I am residing in Kudat,” she said.

Inungkiran also told the tribunal that received an SMS from a politician from Sabah Datuk Taufik AB Titingan, inviting her to a Hari Raya open house in the recent celebration.

“I don’t know why I was invited. I did not go as I was in KL then,” she said.

The Tribunal continues.