Lies and more lies? The EC must go

[Kuala Lumpur June 26] The government has spent RM400 million for the indelible ink during the 13th general election, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today.

In a written reply to Lim Lip Eng (DAP-Segambut), Najib, who is also finance minister, clarified there was no chemical used in the indelible ink but instead, it was replaced with an approved food colouring.

“The expiry date for the indelible ink is four months from the date it was manufactured. The inks were imported from overseas.

“The resistance of the indelible ink is subject to the individual and the effort used to get rid of the permanent ink,” he said.

Najib added that the public tests on the indelible ink made by Election Commission officers to the media on May 2 proved that the ink was permanent as previously stated.

Lim in his question asked the prime minister to state the total expenditure as well as the contractors who supplied the indelible ink used during the national polls.

Najib had also confirmed that a total of 216,600 bottles were distributed across the country.

Johor had the highest number with 38,160 bottles followed by Selangor (32,040), Perak (20,640), Sarawak (18,000) and Sabah (16,800).

EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof has previously claimed the indelible ink had a high level of silver nitrate and herbal ingredients were used as substitute as the reason why ink was easily removed.

[Source: Yahoo]

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First, the EC said that the ink was not effective because the officer did not shake the bottle.  Then, came the excuse that a low amount of nitrate was used as it might affect the health of the person.  If this was not bad enough, we were then told that there was no chemical at all in the ink but food colouring.  Now, the latest, the ink costs the rakyat RM400m instead of the earlier declaration that RM7.1 was spent. 

WHAT??!!!! RM400m!!!! They distributed about 200,000 bottles. Therefore the cost per bottle works out to be RM2000!!!  RM2000 per bottle for food colouring. Somebody sure made a lot of money!!! It is no wonder that they dare not reveal the name of the supplier!!!

This is outrageous!!!

The Election Commission (EC) has said that there were "no chemicals" in its indelible ink that was used for the 13th general election.

In a parliamentary written answer to Lim Lip Eng (DAP-Segambut) today, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Shahidan Kassim said that all the chemicals in the ink were replaced by food colouring.

"No chemicals were used in the ink, they were instead replaced with food colouring ingredients which were approved," the short answer read to a question as to why the ink did not last seven days as initially promised.

"The durability of the ink is subject to the efforts taken to wipe off the ink by individuals," the reply said.

It also said that a test conducted on EC officials and media personnel on May 2 "proved" that the ink worked the way it was supposed to.

The EC has previously said that silver nitrate was used in the ink and was supposed to last seven days.

However, many individuals have complained of being able to easily wash off the indelible ink within hours of being applied.

Lim later laughed at the parliamentary reply in his Twitter account, noting that the indelible ink was now "edible" based on the reply.

One netizen who was bemused by the reply later tweeted in response, cheekily asking if the ink was "finger licking good".
Supplier’s identity secret for ‘security reasons’

Meanwhile in a separate reply to another DAP MP, Anthony Loke (DAP - Rasah), Shahidan (below) stated that the cost for the use of indelible ink during the May 5 polls was RM6.9million.

Reading out the answer prepared by the EC, the minister said the amount also covered the costs for designing special ink bottles, the brushes, the boxes as well as the cost for the unique ink mixture, seeing as how it was not available in the market.

“Other additional costs consist of transport cost, packaging and storage, about RM200,000, making the total costs RM7.1million,” Shahidan said in the written reply.

He added that at this time, there is no plan to reveal information on the indelible ink supplier to the public for “security reasons”.

[Source: Mkini]

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This is totally unacceptable especially when it involves a very important event like a general election.  The offices of the two heads of the Election Commission are no longer tenable.  They must resign.
So now that we know that the indelible ink came from some food colouring ingredients, then it must surely be 'finger licking good'. So how does one expect the rakyat to accept the results of the recent GE?

EXCELLENT ANALYSIS of GE13

 

"   . . .   Because they only formed 29.8 percent of the Voters in GE13, contrary to the "Chinese tsunami" conspiracy theory, even if 100 percent of Chinese Malaysians (and for good measure, let's also throw in 100 percent of Indian Malaysians as well) voted for the opposition, there is no way Pakatan could have logically garnered the support of 5,623,984 Malaysians.   . . .   at least three million voters therein were Malay / Bumiputera   . . . . . .   This means, conservatively, 42 percent of the Malay / Bumiputera electorate in Malaysia actually voted for Pakatan nationally.    To put this into proper context, there was no such Chinese tsunami but instead, it was a Malay / Bumiputera Tsunami because 56 percent of the opposition's votes actually came from the Malays / Bumiputera   . . .  " The Root of the Problem !   Gross distortions in Malaysia's voting system

The recently completed May 5 general election (GE13) revealed some interesting facts and figures based on the results as published by the Election Commission. There have been, for a long time, much criticism of the 'first past the post' (FPTP) election system we practise in Malaysia, because of what is inherent in this antiquated system. The FPTP is one of the legacies of the British rule in Malaya and was based on giving all segments of the populace a voice in Parliament. Hence, constituency boundaries were drawn based on this segmental need for representation. The original intention was noble indeed, that people in Sungai Buloh should have a voice in Parliament, just as those from Shah Alam, even though the Shah Alam constituency may have a population five times larger. To prevent abuse and disproportional representation, certain limits were set when our founding fathers drew up the federal constitution. One important feature was that there should not be a population variance greater than 20 percent between the smallest and largest constituencies. This safeguard was gradually eroded by successive ruling governments, since they enjoyed two-thirds majority Parliament to amend the country's laws, until this sanity check on societal representation was totally removed. As a result of this, today we have 26,000 voters in Putrajaya, Igan (18,000) and Lubok Antu (19,000) commanding the same parliamentary voice as those in Kapar (144,000), Serdang (133,000) and Gombak (123,000). This hardly seems fair when three small zones command an equal representation in Parliament, compared with their brethren who are at least five times larger, at least from the perspective of a majority rule. Disproportionate representation Criticism of such disproportionate representation led to some countries, such as New Zealand, Australia and Israel, modifying their electoral constituencies to be more representative and hence, the FPTP no longer applies in these countries. In a related example, besides throwing 90,000 tonnes of tea into the Atlantic Ocean, a new country was born some 237 years ago simply because its 'rakyat' couldn't accept taxation without representation. One can draw similar parallels, if this inequitable scenario was to ensue here in Malaysia. The greatest disservice of this FPTP system was shown clearly in Malaysia in GE13 when 915,560 voters in East Malaysia sent 48 BN candidates to our Parliament, or simply put, the average vote cost per BN lawmaker was 19,074. Because of the severe skewering (aka gerrymandering) of the constituency delineations, it cost an average of 84,053 votes to get one Pakatan Rakyat MP in East Malaysia, or 4.4 times more expensive. On the national average, it cost BN 39,381 votes per MP as opposed to Pakatan's 63,191 votes. Quite frankly, Pakatan had to work 60 percent harder than the BN had to. What this means is that unless the present delineation boundaries are redrawn to fix this severe misrepresentation of societal voice, any opposition will need about 60 percent of the national votes to be on par with BN come election time, forever. Here, I dare opine that GE13 was largely won by BN by capitalising on the severely disproportional FPTP system, rather than on phantom voters, repeat voters and such. Several jumbo jets full of Bangladeshis, Burmese and Nepalese could not have caused the damage to Pakatan as done by this antiquated Westminster delineation system. From a strategic point, there should have been more focus in the territories where the opposition could have got more "bang for its ringgit" (pun intended) because the voter distribution and pattern (based on past election results) would have been known upfront anyway. Admittedly, getting Pakatan's voice to the people in the jungles of Borneo would have been a Herculean task, given the physical and political hurdles. However, mathematically speaking, if Pakatan had won the same number of seats from the 915,560 voters and maintained the same results in the peninsula, it would be firmly in power now. Perhaps that's the reason why the BN is believed to have chartered several flights to carry voters from the peninsula to Sabah and Sarawak. I'm inclined to believe that the BN knew, from day one, that this was how it would win GE13. Some interesting facts Based on the Election Commission website, let me highlight these other interesting facts from the FPTP vis-à-vis GE13   - 1) BN received 46.2 percent of the popular votes in Peninsular Malaysia and 54 percent in East Malaysia, or a national average of 47.4 percent. 2) Based on this, BN was able to garner almost 51 percent of the parliamentary seats in the peninsula and 87.3 percent of those in Sabah and Sarawak, for a national average of 60 percent, or 133 seats. 3) Interestingly, 8.2 percent of the voters (in Sabah and Sarawak) gave BN 22 percent of the parliamentary seats, meaning 39.2 percent of the voters (in the peninsula) gave it the remaining 38 percent in Parliament. 4) Pakatan received 54 percent of the popular votes in Peninsular Malaysia and 35 percent in East Malaysia, for a national average of 51 percent. 5) Based on the above, Pakatan was only able to garner 49 percent of the parliamentary seats in the peninsula and 12.7 percent of that in Sabah and Sarawak, for a national average of 40 percent, or 89 seats. 6) It cost Pakatan 21 percent and 441 percent more votes per MP in the peninsula and East Malaysia respectively, to be on par with BN. On average nationally, Pakatan had to work 60 percent harder per MP than the BN. 7) Because they only formed 29.8 percent of the voters in GE13, contrary to the "Chinese tsunami" conspiracy theory, even if 100 percent of Chinese Malaysians (and for good measure, let's also throw in 100 percent of Indian Malaysians as well) voted for the opposition, there is no way Pakatan could have logically garnered the support of 5,623,984 Malaysians. Conservatively adjusting for a 25 percent Chinese support for MCA and Gerakan (as was seen where there was a large Chinese voter base), at least three million voters therein were Malay/bumiputera. This means, conservatively, 42 percent of the Malay/bumiputera electorate in Malaysia actually voted for Pakatan nationally. To put this into proper context, there was no such Chinese tsunami but instead, it was a Malay/bumiputera tsunami because 56 percent of the opposition's votes actually came from the Malays/bumiputera. For Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to have made this arithmetic blunder publicly was totally ill-advised and it has now caused needless uneasiness among the rakyat. 8) Finally, as explained earlier, 915,560 people, who are basically very removed from urban and national politicking, more or less sealed the fate of 11,054,577 voters or about 29 million people in Malaysia - thanks to the FPTP system. Seriously and practically speaking, would anybody consider 3.2 percent (915,560) of Malaysians deciding the future of the country a fair run of democracy under the FPTP voting system? Without a concerted effort from our MPs to make our country fairer by insisting on equitable representation in Parliament, it will indeed be very difficult for Najib to ask for national reconciliation when the very premise of his assertion was fundamentally flawed. If you don't know what's broken, how can you fix it?

[Contributed by Dato Ramesh Rajaratnam - A Chartered Accountant and a keen follower of Malaysian politics]

The unsung heroes of GE13

The 13th General Election is over and the result showed that majority of Malaysians wanted to “Ubah”, that is, to see change. Many who have worked hard for it are disappointed with the outcome but we realise that we must move on and prepare ourselves for GE14.

We salute the tireless efforts of politicians and civil society leaders at the forefront of this push for change. Many of them travelled the length and breadth of this country, keeping an insane schedule for the past few months just to make themselves heard at the hundreds of ceramahs or rallies across this nation. It was almost a superhuman effort. Though they have lost the battle to take Putrajaya this time, they are still heroes of this struggle for a better Malaysia.

 

But this struggle is not theirs alone. Throughout these last few years and especially in the last few months in the run-up to the 5th of May, it has been my absolute privilege to have served together and to have known ordinary Malaysians from all walks of life who shares a common passion for this country. To me they are no less heroic in their efforts and their sacrifices are no less significant. I want to sing the praises of some of these unsung heroes of GE13.

• Felicia is a Malaysian who has lived in Singapore for many years, never registered and never voted before. Just after Parliament was dissolved and election called, she checked her voting status at the SPR’s website and found herself registered not only as a voter but as an advance voter in Putrajaya. Not wanting anyone to cast her vote on her behalf, on 28th April, the day advance voters were supposed to vote, she got into her car very early in the morning and drove the 340km from Singapore to Putrajaya to cast her vote by 9am and then turned around and head back to Singapore.

• I met Boon at the campaign office of a candidate. He has volunteered himself to help out with some of the administrative stuff there and we got talking. I found out that Boon and his family have been living in the UK for many years but have keenly followed the political developments of Malaysia and decided to fly home with his wife to cast their votes, for the very first time.

There were probably thousands of folks just like Felicia and Boon, Malaysians who live and work overseas who came back to vote. Some thoughtless individuals might have considered these overseas Malaysians unpatriotic but I challenge them to find me more committed people than these, who came home at great personal expense to cast their one vote. For them it was more than a vote but a stake in the future of this country, a country they love.

• When the call went out for volunteers to serve as polling and counting agents, literally tens of thousands of Malaysians came forward to be trained and deployed on Polling Day to do their part for a clean and fair election. Many came out with no expectation of payment and if they received any allowances for their services, they donated back these allowances. Money cannot buy such people and they can’t be bought, they are priceless.

• Thanks to the news of foreigners being flown in to vote in our election, thousands of citizens came forward to volunteer as election observers or as “ghostbusters”, standing guard under hot sun or rain outside polling stations. At several of the polling stations I visited that day, I saw between 30-50 residents standing outside their own polling stations until polling ended and for some, they followed the ballot boxes all the way to the main counting centres. All this they did on their own accord without anyone telling them what to do.
• Ariff and his friends were one of those who stood guard outside a main counting centre. At around 10.30pm they saw a taxi bringing in additional ballot carriers with a uniformed but unnumbered policeman in it. They stopped the taxi and challenged the legality of such last minute additional ballots. The taxi turned around and sped off with them in pursuit by foot.

• In the early hours of May the 5th, a factory manager in Johor found out from his HR manager that 100 of his foreign workers were not turning up to work. They told the HR manager that their agent was coming to fetch them to collect ICs so that they could vote. The factory manager rushed to the police station to make a report and with the report he managed to stop the workers from voting. But he didn’t stop there. He made copies of the police report and pass it to as many election observers as he could find so that they would be on the lookout for foreign voters. A true patriot!

• Ben and his wife went to cast their votes early and decided to stay back to help those who were queuing up to check their salurans (channels) number. They told those who already knew their numbers to go straight to join the queue at the saluran so as to save some time. But their efforts to help were not appreciated by the SPR officer-in-charge who insisted that all must check for their salurans before queuing again to vote. They were ordered to leave but they remained outside the school gate to continue assisting those coming to vote till the end of polling at 5pm.

• I know of a young man whose life was miraculously saved from the burning wreckage of his car seconds before it exploded on 8th April. He was hospitalised for more than 3 weeks and still suffered serious spinal injuries when polling day came. He insisted on casting his vote and was wheeled from the hospital to the polling station to cast his vote for change. A life spared, a vote counted.

• Then there were the probably hundreds of ordinary citizens who became social activists after the previous election in 2008. Many of these post-GE12 activists willingly made huge sacrifices to organise others to be involved in new voters education, polling and counting agent trainings, organised and participated in various protests and forums and did street ceramahs. For many, their business and work suffered and marital relationships strained. They are not household names but they are heroes to those whom they have served and led.

The above true stories are just a very small representation of the many unsung heroes strewn all across Malaysia and the globe. You would have many stories of your own to tell and of people you know. We salute them all.

 

There is no doubt in my mind that with the highly questionable way Barisan Nasional has won this election and subsequent divisive statements by Najib, his ministers, and UMNO loyalists, and the unjust crackdowns on Adam Adli, Haris Ibrahim, Tian Chua and Tamrin Ghafar, we can expect to see even more citizens rising up to play a direct and active role in the political process of this country.

To me, this is the true Malaysian Spring, the uprising of ordinary Malaysians who are determine to have a  say in how our country is run and to hold elected officials accountable for their service. Like a tsunami, It is an uprising that is unstoppable,  and irreversible, it is an uprising that will eventually achieve its intended purpose – Ubah!

What now, MCA?

The MCA's greatest crisis is, all its members have been in a dispirited mood and got lost after the severe defeat in the general election, as if they are trying to delay the time of death.

Obviously, MCA's leaders are having a depressed state of mind. After suffering the massive setback, party president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek should lead the party's central committee members to tour the country to inspire the grassroots and collect views on how to revive the party. After the general election, however, Chua has continued reproaching the DAP, instead of making clear of the party's future direction. He leaves the task of reviving the party to a committee led by party deputy president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai and the committee has been given three months to come up with a preliminary proposal. Meanwhile, a group of six young MCA members took two weeks to launch a new movement to overhaul the party, reflecting the slow pace of the current leadership.

MCA organising secretary Datuk Tee Siew Kiong's decision to accept the appointment as a Johor executive councillor seems to have trigger anger but party disciplinary committee has received no complaint so far. Eventually, the central committee decided to leave it to the disciplinary committee.
Is a senator an official post? Is it necessary to resign? MCA leaders do not make a clear decision on it but just let various interpretations be made. Official posts are recommended by parties and appointed by the government. The definition is so simple and the MCA should understand it. The problem is, it has no mood to deal with it.

If Chua is just waiting for the party election scheduled on December 21 so that he can leave and thus, is currently too lazy to start a reviving plan, he should step down immediately to avoid killing the party's morale.

Chua has shifted responsibility by blaming party veterans to have left current party leaders a heavy historical burden.

Indeed, there have been controversies and scandals in the history of MCA. From the leadership crisis involving Tan Koon Swan and Neo Yee Pan in the 1980s, the financial crisis in 1986, the Pan-Electric Industries case, the second leadership crisis involving Chua Soi Lek and Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat, to the cheating charges against Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik and Tan Sri Chan Kong Choy, these scandals have continuously tarnished the party's image. Party central delegates should also bear the responsibility for choosing a president with moral stain.

Historical burden is one of the factors, the key is, the MCA has made poor political performances over the past few decades. Just as the group initiated the MCA new movement said, the MCA has been repeatedly absent from political and civic movements.

The MCA refused to participate in civil rallies organised by civil society organisations and took actions against party members who attended the rallies. The MCA has not made active participation in political issues, including anti-corruption, fair governance, economic privilege and environmental hazard, but keen to engage in medical fund and youth loans. The party has been completely out of touch with public opinion.

Even after suffering a landslide defeat in the recent general election, it is still chattering about not joining the cabinet, instead of getting rid of the myth of having Chinese representatives in the Cabinet. If political discussion can really be replaced by public services, it would not have suffered the massive setback.

The MCA new movement suggested that power should be returned to the grassroots so that they can directly vote for new party leaders. It is indeed a right direction. The existing central delegate mechanism leaves leaders an opportunity to control votes. They do not need to propose political ideas but just please central delegates to be voted.

If the MCA loses its ideology, it would be like a body loses its soul. If party asset is the only reason for the leaders to stay in the party, the party election will inevitably lead to split.

The MCA is still distancing itself from the public and like ostriches, its leaders have buried their heads in the sand. Who can save it?

A batch of MyKads found ... at the roadside

What are the possibilities of :

• An NRIC officer dropped a batch of MyKads while in the course of delivering them to his office?
• A group of Malaysians who suddenly decided not to become citizens?
• Illegal voters have no further use of them as the dates on the cards have expired?
• A tour leader of a group of local tourists, accidentally dropped the cards at the road side while the group members were taking a short break?

Hmmmm ....

Adam's father says it all

Adam Adli being taken away by police for questioning

"If no parents are willing to start it, let my family be the first. We have never stopped him. We have encouraged him. We are only seeking our freedom to speech, we are demanding our rights as rakyat." 

"Democracy goes beyond what we say and what is being written."  

[Abdul Halim Abdul Hamid.  He further added that he was proud of what his son has done].

What was UMNO thinking?

Knowing how volatile the situation was on polling day, UMNO inadvertently had put the lives of these Banglas in danger by getting them to vote.  I dread to think what would have happened had some untoward incident occur with these Banglas especially when the rakyat were in such a state of anger and frustration?  To win votes through illegal means is one thing, but to put the life of another human in danger is totally despicable.  UMNO said the Opposition could not substantiate the claims of foreigners voting in our general election but with these videos, do we need any other explanations?  Of course, UMNO can counter-claim to say that the Opposition hired actors to create a 'sandiwara', but we know the whole story, don't we?

From Al Jazeera's Inside Story - Malaysia's Election Scandal

The CNN news that ASTRO blotted out

It was a good thing that this part of the news which was censored, was captured by someone in the UK and then posted on YouTube.

 

The Lembah Pantai blockade

THIS WAS WHAT TOOK PLACE AT the polling station in Lembah Pantai :

(I) KTM asked Counting Agent TO LEAVE the room.

 

(II) Counting Agent refused to leave. Wakil Calon argued with KTM until KTM relented

 

(iii) FRU arrived.

 

(iv) Car arrived but stopped by a crowd of people. People from Bangsar also rushed over.

 

Attempt to steal Nurul’s victory

 

Perhaps the most brazen attempted rigging at this election was the onslaught on Nurul Izzah’s Lembah Pantai seat. Not only was the bribery rampant, but as the count was being finalised in her favour that evening, the Election Commission officials came up with an extraordinary request.

 

They needed everyone to clear the count, so that they could take a ‘rest’! The 15 PKR observers refused to accept the proposal and stayed on. Shortly after a car drew up outside the count ing centre stuffed with ballot boxes inside! The Election Commission officials attempted to force this late entry of extra mystery votes into the count!

 

The car full of ballot boxes is stopped by the crowd

A human barricade prevented the ballot boxes from being illegally introduced at this late stage, which Federal Reserve Unit officers attempted to disperse. The people refused to leave and the ballot boxes are still the in car and were not were not allowed into the count.

Ballot boxes marked 120 found in EC car boot trying to enter 121 Lembah Pantai polling station

Blocked by public. Nurul has been officially declared the winner thanks to the actions of the people who refused to allow their rights to be violated.

 

 

 

For everyone's info, all the ballot boxes marked

 

'120' were meant for the Bukit Bintang

 

Parliamentary seat!  So, what in the world were

 

they doing in Lembah Pantai or couldn't the

 

officers read numbers.  Even at cheating the

 

EC was such a novice.  At least remove the

 

number tag so as to make it less obvious.  Now

 

everyone knows.

 

Now, we may have got the White House attention

Frustrated Malaysians flood White House site to complain of polls fraud

Malaysians have complained to the White House’s online petition site about election fraud in Election 2013, drawing more than 222,000 signatures within a week to become the site’s second-most popular issue, according to the Associated Press.

US President Barack Obama’s online petition page requires just 100,000 signatures for an official government response.

According to AP, the Obama administration’s “We the People” site was started in 2011 as a project in open government for the Internet age.

Though clearly intended for US citizens, the guidelines on gathering online signatories remain broad enough to hearten activists overseas who — frustrated with their own governments — hope to raise the international profile of their cases, according to AP.

The site does not ask for one’s nationality.

Individuals only need to be 13 or older and have a verified email address to create an account to initiate a petition or sign one.

The White House has said it will give equal treatment to petitions from overseas.

The US government has not yet responded to the Malaysian petition.

Any hopes for US condemnation of the election results evaporated this week when the U.S. State Department recognized the polling results, while acknowledging allegations of irregularities, according to AP.

The petition “spoke out the dissatisfactions to the international communities successfully,” virologist and the petition’s apparent organizer, Kuan Ping Ang, said on her Facebook page as reported by AP.

Barisan Nasional (BN) won last week’s polls but lost the popular vote stakes to Pakatan Rakyat (PR).

BN won just under 47 per cent of the votes while PR parties scored over half of all votes.

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and PR parties have organised two mammoth rallies - in Petaling Jaya and Penang - this week to protest the election results which they claimed was rigged.

PR parties have complained about irregular voting patterns, suspicious handling of ballot boxes and other issues with both DAP and PAS mulling election petitions to contest the results.

PR officials say they are disputing up to 29 election results and the rallies, which began in Selangor last Wednesday, is set to continue with the next one in Perak today.

[Source: The MI]

May 8 - the night of the Rakyat Tsunami

120,000 came on their own volition!!!

There were no pop concerts, no Michelle Yeoh condescending speeches, no sumptuous dinners, no cash handouts and no pledges of donations, and yet in the rain and monstrous traffic jam, they kept coming!

A song dedicated to Chua Soi Lek

IF YOU GOTTA GO, GO NOW



Read the news article here.

Remember, "We don't need the Chinese votes"?

I just simply cannot understand why Mahathir, Najib and Ali Rustam are complaining about the Chinese not voting for them.  After all, wasn't it UMNO who told us plainly they don't need the Chinese votes, or have they forgotten?  If they don't need our votes, it is only logical we give it to those who need them.  So why the hue and cry?  What a selfish group of people.  When the Chinese gave them the votes in 1998 to save the party from extinction, they rewarded us by demonising SUQUI.  If that was not bad enough, they unleashed UMNO Youth onto the Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall, threatening to burn it down. Then, infront of millions of viewers on Merdeka Day that year, SUQUI was crucified and branded as terrorists, Al Maunah, etc. Finally, SUQUI was arm-twisted into signing an agreement that they will never bring up the 14-point appeal anymore.  In the first place, it was Mahathir and his then cabinet who agreed to accepting the 14-point appeal prior to the GE.  After he got what he wanted, he cast SUQUI to the wolves.

It's elementary, Najib, it's elementary

Simple maths: There are 12.2 mil eligible voters in Malaysia.

EC accounts for 80% turnout.

That means 9.76 mil ppl came out to vote.

Total votes accountable for 'STATES' : 9.52 mil (give or take some spoilt votes)

This number is fair.

How come total votes for "PARLIMENT" can reach 10.5 mil?

If total people who came out to vote was only 9.76 mil MAX?!?

Where the hell did the other 1 mil votes come from??

[Source : Richter Chew DAP (Democratic Action Party Malaysia]

A letter from PEMANTAU, and more videos on fraud

PEMANTAU preliminary observation showed a number of major issues. These include the indelible ink, phantom voters, ballot papers, and unlawful arrest of PEMANTAU observers. However, there is improvement in the conduct of the election, especially in the reduction of pondok panas and campaigning during voting period.

Some of the worrying issues are as follows:

Indelible ink can be washed out

BERSIH 2.0’s contention on the indelible ink was proven to be true as can be seen in the reports received from our observers. With only soap and water, the so-called 7-day indelible ink can almost be immediately removed moments after polling.

Phantom voters

The fear of phantom voters is real. In Lembah Pantai, PEMANTAU observed vehicles ferrying phantom voters and suspiciously entering polling centres. They also reported non-citizens wearing police jackets while travelling in police van to polling centres. In other areas, some registered voters were denied their votes as they found others have voted on their behalf.

Irregularities in ballot papers

Irregularities were found in ballot papers. These irregularities include stained ballot papers, SPR officers found recording ballot papers’ serial numbers [what does this mean] and unstamped ballot papers. For example, SPR at Kampung Tawas distributed unstamped ballot papers to voters from 8:00AM to 11:00AM. PEMANTAU reported that EC officals rejected requests from voters for the issuance of new ballot papers because there were marks on the paper. We have even received reports of voters/observers who were forced to cast their votes on stained ballot papers.

Arrest of 7 PEMANTAU observers

At 3:45PM, two PEMANTAU observers were arrested at SRJKC Bukit Beruang, Ayer Keroh and were brought to IPK Melaka for questioning. At 4:30PM, another five PEMANTAU observers were arrested at SRJKC Nan Yek Lee Rubber, Wangsa Maju and were investigated under S341 of Penal Code and were refused access to lawyers under S28A of Criminal Procedure Code. They are still at Taman Setapak Police Station. PEMANTAU observers were also forcefully chased out of polling centres in Pekan, Temerloh and Danau Kota by mobs believed to be from Barisan Nasional.

It is shocking that the Election Commission, in today’s NTV7 press presentation, did not respond to any of the public complaints. They too have to answer to the irregularities in the conduct of the election and harassment of PEMANTAU observers.

PEMANTAU Pilihan Raya Rakyat (PEMANTAU) comprises of:

Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections 2.0 (BERSIH 2.0)
Malaysians for Free and Fair Elections (MAFREL)
Pusat KOMAS

This is how the BN won in Bentong. 

Illegal voters without ICs want to vote

Is this how Barisan Nasional win the General Election? What a hollow victory.

ILLEGAL VOTER CAUGHT


LOOK WHO IS PROVIDING TRANSPORT TO THE ILLEGAL VOTERS? VIDEO COURTESY OF BERSIH


ILLEGAL VOTER CAUGHT


ILLEGAL VOTER CAUGHT


ILLEGAL VOTER CAUGHT


BUSES FERRYING ILLEGAL VOTERS


OFFERING BRIBE OPENLY

Tampering of the ballot boxes in Seri Manjung

Attempt by SPR staff to move out boxes of ballot papers from Seri Manjung Police station  was discovered by PKR candidate and apparently some boxes have been tampered with.

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Meet the new component parties of Barisan Nasional

With the influx of foreigners being ferried into the country to vote as admitted by Tengku Adnan, I have to safely assume that BN have included the following into its fold.

The new component parties of Barisan Nasional.

The Nepalese

The Filipinos

The Banglas

The Myammaris

The Indonesians

UMNO = UNITED MYAMMARIS NEPALESE ORGANISATION.