The ballot papers were transported in a suitcase by a 1thirdmedia Movement volunteer, Hafeez A Jaz, 36, who took a bus from Woodlands, Singapore at 12.40pm and arrived at the Larkin Sentral Bus Terminal at about 1.50pm.

Upon arrival, the Sarawak-born Hafeez, who works and resides in Singapore, underwent several procedures at the checkpoint, including an on-arrival Covid-19 screening test.

Upon completion, he handed over the luggage containing the postal ballot papers to another Undi18 volunteer Mandeep Singh at about 2.15pm at the bus terminal.

When met by reporters, Hafeez said the responsibility entrusted to him by 1thirdmedia to bring the ballot papers to Malaysia was not a burden at all.

“I consider this as charity work to help and facilitate Malaysians in Singapore fulfil their responsibility as registered voters,” he said.

Meanwhile, Mandeep said his team’s task was to hand over the ballot papers to the returning officers tomorrow after they have completed the process of counting and sorting out the ballots according to the different constituencies.

Last Tuesday, Bernama reported that a group of Malaysian volunteers from the 1thirdmedia Movement had joined hands to collect the postal votes around Singapore and take them back to Johor.

A volunteer, Farrah Diyana Mohamad Ali, 34, said about 5,000 postal ballot papers have been collected and two deliveries were made on March 6 and 8, respectively, with the final delivery made today.

The Election Commission (EC) is reported to have issued a total of 36,729 ballot papers to those entitled to vote by post for the Johor state elections.

Of the total, 7,814 ballot papers were issued for the Form 1B category, namely Malaysian citizens who are overseas.

All ballot papers must be returned to the respective returning officers before 5pm on polling day this Saturday.