KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 12 police reports for various offences were received and five investigation papers opened during the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election campaign that ended today, police said.
Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan said two arrests were made since the campaign started on April 27, while seven of the 12 reports involved only preventative action by police.
“The two men arrested were investigated under the Elections Act and charged in court. As for the other four investigation papers that were opened, no arrests were made,” he said in a statement today.
He said there were no untoward incidents during the by-election.
The by-election for the Selangor state assembly seat was a four-cornered fight between Pang Sock Tao (Pakatan Harapan), Khairul Azhari Saut (Perikatan Nasional), Hafizah Zainuddin (Parti Rakyat Malaysia) and Nyau Ke Xin (Independent). Pang won with a 3,869-vote majority.