Santiago raises spectre of phantom voters in Klang

Santiago raises spectre of phantom voters in Klang

PH's Klang candidate Charles Santiago says 500 new voters have been registered in Kampung Idaman, Pandamaran Jaya and Teluk Gong.

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Charles Santiago says there are concerns over some 1,000 phantom voters in the constituency.
PETALING JAYA:
Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) Klang candidate Charles Santiago today raised concerns over nearly 1,000 phantom voters in the constituency, including 500 new voters whom he said had been transferred in from as far as Melaka, Perak and Sabah.

He said the 500 new voters were registered in Kampung Idaman, Pandamaran Jaya and Teluk Gong.

In a statement, he said PH had identified the following trends in Klang: multiple voters at the same address, houses which were too small to accommodate the number of people registered there as voters, and houses and roads that appeared to be nonexistent.

He gave the example of 27 people purportedly registered at 26, Jalan 5, Kampung Idaman; 26 people registered at 21, Jalan 8A; and 25 people registered at 6, Jalan 1.

Another 10 voters were supposedly registered at 28, Jalan 79 within a span of six months.

“There does not appear to be a No 26, Jalan 6 as all the houses are odd-numbered,” he said.

“There does not appear to be a Jalan 8 in Pandamaran Jaya.”

Santiago said these houses appeared to be concentrated around the Klang constituency, which had become a marginal seat following the Election Commission’s (EC) redrawing of electoral boundaries.

In the 2013 general election, he said, the opposition had highlighted the case of 34 Indian and Malay voters apparently registered to a Chinese home at 994, Jalan Papan. Until now, though, no action had been taken.

“On top and above this, there are 495 voters whose IC numbers are in the Sabah Project IC Royal Commission of Inquiry list, who are also in the Klang voter roll.”

Santiago urged the EC to bear full responsibility in the matter and called on the people of Klang to come out in full force and vote on May 9.

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