Indelible ink Canceled by Malaysian Election Commission

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Filed Under (Malay Politic, Malaysia Politic, Melayu Boleh, National Issue, Skandal Melayu) by admin on 05-03-2008

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Indelible ink canceled by Malaysian Election Commission

Oh my god! New incoming Malaysia 2008 general election will turn ugly this time. In my point of view, Malaysian Election Commission (EC) cannot cancel indelible ink usage in last minute. As all know, indelible ink will be proof to someone who already done voting. It will reduce “phantom voter” as claim by Malaysia opposition party.

In other hand, Election Commission (EC) drain up a huge sum of tax payer money because this sudden cancellation. Election Commission (EC) already bought 48,000 bottles of indelible ink with cost of RM2.4million. What a waste!

Malaysia opposition party will be angry as result, they will use this issue to strength their belief about phantom voter already exist in Malaysia! This “waste money issue” will make Malaysian Chinese more disappointed with Barisan Nasional (BN).

EC scraps plan to use indelible ink
Source: The Star
By Hamidah Atan

For security reasons and legal implications, indelible ink will not be used on polling day this Sunday. The Election Commission today decided not to proceed with its proposal to introduce the ink as the election process and public order and security could not be compromised.

EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman said the commission was obliged to make this firm and final decision in fulfilling its duties and discharging its responsibilities.

Relevant laws, including the Election Offences Act 1954, had to be amended if the ink is to be used, he told a packed Press conference at the EC headquarters. Also present were Attorney-General Tan Sri Gani Patail, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan and EC secretary Datuk Kamaruzaman Mohd Noor.

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Indelible ink to make its mark
Friday February 1, 2008
Source: The Star

By Sim Leoi Leoi

PUTRAJAYA: Each polling stream in the coming general election will get two bottles of indelible black ink that will be applied to the left forefinger of voters.

The Election Commission said this amount of ink would be enough because each stream would only have a maximum of 700 voters.

“Assuming that 80% of the registered voters come out to cast their votes, this means there will be around 600 people. Two bottles of ink are sufficient,” said EC deputy chairman Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar when contacted by phone here yesterday.

For this general election, the commission said it would need 48,000 bottles of the ink. This will cost RM2.4mil and the whole procedure will take less than RM1mil to implement.

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