Denied ballot check, PKR man files police ​report

Manivannan Govindasamy claims he was not ​allowed to enter Hutan Melintang police station after a ballot box from an army camp was brought in.

Manivannan being interviewed in front of Hutan Melintang police station. With him is Pakhrurrazi Arshad (left), PKR’s candidate for Bagan Datuk.

BAGAN DATUK: A police report has been filed by Manivannan Govindasamy, PKR’s candidate for the Hutan Melintang state seat, after he said he had been prevented from checking on the whereabouts of early-voting ballot boxes.

Manivannan lodged a report at the same police station where boxes were supposed to be kept.

“At about 5.30 pm, a ballot box was brought from the army camp to be placed in the police station.

However, I was denied entry a number of times by the EC and the police,” he said at a press conference here today.

“I was there to observe how the ballot box was being handled and who was in possession of the key. But I was prevented from entering,” he said.

His polling agent was also not allowed to observe the box. He made the report at the same police station.

Manivannan faces Khairuddin Tarmizi (BN) and Mohd Misbahul Munir Masduki (PAS) for the Hutan Melintang state seat.

It had been held by PKR’s Kesavan Subramaniam since 2008. - Mkini