Postal voting to start Oct 8

[...] Ngah said based on the Commission’s experience, some postal votes were not returned as the postal voters were based in remote areas or were on official duty outside their workplace.

He also told political parties not to doubt the postal voting process.

“Some have made accusations that army personnel are not free to exercise their right to vote as they have to do so in front of their superiors.

“If this is the case, how did the Opposition secure more than 1,000 postal votes in Bagan Pinang in the last general election?” he said.

Ngah said former Teluk Kemang Member of Parliament Datuk S. Sothinathan, who won the seat in 2004 with a 17,777-vote majority, lost in 2008 as most postal votes went to the Opposition.- + selanjutnya

Postal voting to start Oct 8