'Is Johor MB living in a shoplot with 13 others?'

The latest voter list appears to suggest that Johor Menteri Besar Khaled Nordin resides in a shoplot in Masai, Johor with 13 others.

This was uncovered by Johor Pakatan Harapan after combing through the electoral roll for the fourth quarter 2016, that is currently on display.

According to Mengkibol state assemblyperson Tan Hong Pin, the address in question is the Pasir Gudang Umno division headquarters at 1, Jalan Tembusu Taman Rinting.

The electoral roll for third quarter 2016 recorded Khaled and his son Akmal Saufi's change of voter address to the above location.

The electoral roll for the subsequent quarter recorded that 12 more people had been added to the same address.

"If the electoral roll is gazetted, then there will be 14 people, including the MB and his son, registered as voters at that address," said the DAP assemblyperson.

This was among hundreds of suspicious voter details that Tan had submitted to the Johor Election Commission today.

According to Tan, the dubious voters had appeared in four parliamentary constituencies - Gelang Patah, Kluang, Segamat and Pasir Gudang.

Only in select constituencies

From the data that has been collected, Tan concluded that there appears to be an effort increase the number of voters at a specific address, either through registration of new voters or change in address.

Secondly, he concluded that these suspicious records would only appear in constituencies where BN faced stiff competition during the last general election.

"For example, (suspicious voter records appear) in the state constituency of Nusajaya (under Gelang Patah) and Mahkota (under Kluang), where BN won with a small majority.

"There are no such problems in the Skudai and Mengkibol constituency where BN lost badly," he said.

Tan said that as the general election draws nearer, it would appear that there are attempts to subvert the electoral process.

"I just never would have imagined it would happen so blatantly and involve the menteri besar himself. I urge him to explain himself," said Tan.

He said that the evidence that he and his comrades had gathered calls to question the Malaysian electoral roll's integrity.- Mkini