27 seats shortlisted for possible fraud

Anisah Syukry

KUALA LUMPUR: PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli today revealed 27 parliamentary seats that the party’s “#SiasatPRU13” team, which he heads, would investigate for possible election fraud.

The seats are Bentong, Kuala Selangor, Baram, Sungai Besar, Pasir Gudang, Labis, Machang, Ketereh, Titiwangsa, Tebrau, Bagan Serai, Kota Marudu, Beaufort, Setiawangsa, Segamat, Ledang, Balik Pulau, Kulim Bandar Bharu, Pulai, Kuala Kangsar, Muar, Pendang, Hulu Selangor, Sabak Bernam, Merbok, Pensiangan and Saratok.

“We have received 237 complaints and statements this week [on election fraud]. Aside from public complaints we received, we also analysed the election results based on four criteria,” Rafizi told a press conference at PKR’s headquarters here.

The criteria outlined by Rafizi are:

• Margin of win below 5%;

• Spoilt votes outnumber small margin of win

• Early and postal votes outnumber the margin of win garnered from normal votes, to the extent that it affected the results of the normal votes

• Seats with reports of fraud

He said that at least two of the criteria applied to all 27 seats shortlisted.
“Once we go through all the evidence and have interviewed every person who filed a report with us, we shall bring it up to Bersih’s People’s Tribunal. We now await for news from Bersih on when they will set up the tribunal.

“Second, we shall organise all the information so that we can file an election petition to the affected areas.
“We shall also call up witnesses to expose all they know to the media, and allow the media to scrutinise the evidence we gathered so far,” said Rafizi.