Sarawak polls: Early voting starts this morning

 

SARAWAK POLLS | Early voting for the 12th Sarawak state election, involving security forces personnel and their spouses, began at 7.30am today.

It involves 12,585 military officers, personnel and their spouses as well as 10,458 police officers, personnel and their spouses.

The early voting process at 85 polling centres with 111 polling streams is expected to take place until 5pm.

A total of 349 candidates are contesting in the state polls. Polling is set for this Saturday.

Some 10,458 police personnel and members of the General Operations Force (GOF) as well as their spouses will be involved in the early voting process, said state deputy police commissioner Mancha Ata yesterday.

“Early polling centres include halls at the contingent police headquarters (IPK) and district headquarters (IPD), resource centres, recreation rooms, meeting rooms and schools,” he said in a statement.

For postal voters, he said, the total number of applications from the police force was 1,200 with 705 having been approved by the Election Commission.

Mancha said the police had issued a total of six compound notices, worth RM31,000, to those violating the standard operating procedures set for the state election.

He added that 39 investigation papers have been opened by the police from Nov 30 until yesterday, while a total of 1,837 applications for police permits have been received and approved by candidates and parties contesting statewide.

- Bernama