Caught on video -EC and NRD officials luring student voters...

Malacca DAP has obtained video evidence that purportedly shows a son of an Umno leader persuading university students to change their addresses so as to ensure BN wins a marginal constituency in the upcoming election.
 
Ayer Keroh assemblyperson Khoo Poay Tiong ( left) claimed he received a discreetly recorded video clip showing the involvement of the National Registration Department (NRD) and the Election Commission (EC) officials in the registration of voters.

"I received a compact disc recording which is divided into three segments and each lasting five minutes, depicting students from Multimedia University Malaysia (MMU) and Universiti Teknologi Mara and Universiti Technical Malaysia, Malacca.

"The NRD and EC officials gathered the students of those institutions in a hall and advised them to change their addresses and register themselves within the Bukit Katil parliamentary constituency, which is held by BN, and for them to possibly vote for BN," he said.


The Bukit Katil parliamentary seat is held by Md Sirat Abu, and the state seat in this constituency includes Ayer Keroh where MMU is located.
Malacca has five parliamentary seats and only of them, Kota Melaka, is held by the opposition - DAP's Sim Tong Him.

The Bukit Katil constituency is speculated to be in danger of falling to the opposition as it is a semi-urban area.

In the 2008 general election, Umno's Md Sirat Abu garnered 30,975 votes against PKR's Khalid Jaafar's 29,217 to win by 1,758 votes.

There are four state seats under Bukit Katil - two of which were won by DAP (Bachang and Ayer Keroh), while the other two are held by Umno (Bukit Baru and Ayer Molek).

'Dirty tactic'

Khoo claimed the son of the Malacca Umno leader was the spokesperson for the officials, and that he promised the students that the government will absorb the cost of changing their addresses.

"I was also informed that there are certain quarters willing to pay the students' rental fees until the election is held," Khoo said at a press conference in his service centre in Ayer Keroh.

"In the clip, there are racial elements involved. The person said they should not let the Chinese in DAP capture another seat.
 

"The person also claimed that Kota Melaka was now with the DAP and should not be allowed to expand further by winning another seat," added Khoo.

The Ayer Keroh assemblyperson said this was truly a dirty tactic in roping in NRD officials to help in the change of addresses.

In the six-minute video clip, the students were told that they could change the address back to their original address after the general election.

"Initially, we heard rumours that such things were going on but now we have evidence in Facebook and YouTube," lamented the state representative.

Khoo said he will lodge a report as well as hand over a copy of the video recording to the police.- malaysiakini

'Bukti' paksa, pujuk siswa pindah undi didedah

DAP Melaka mendedahkan 'bukti' terdapat anak pemimpin Umno tempatan memaksa dan cuba 'membeli' pelajar institusi pengajian tinggi (IPT) supaya menukar alamat tempat pengundian bagi memberikan kemenangan BN di kawasan tertentu dalam pilihan raya umum (PRU) akan datang.

Adun DAP kawasan Ayer Keroh, Khoo Poay Tiong mendakwa, video tiga sedutan yang setiap satunya kira-kira 5 minit dan dirakam secara tersembunyi itu diterimanya beberapa hari lalu.

Rakaman itu turut menunjukkan kakitangan Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara (JPN) dan Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) terlibat dalam aktiviti yang dijalankan sebelum Mac lalu di empat universiti awam dan swasta di Melaka.

"Kedua-dua agensi kerajaan ini telah mengumpulkan pelajar di IPT terbabit pada waktu kelas di dewan dan mereka telah dinasihat supaya menukar alamat dengan menumpukan pada Parlimen Bukit Katil bertujuan mendapatkan lebih banyak undi dalam PRU akan datang untuk BN.
 
"Dalam rakaman tersebut, salah seorang jurucakap dipercayai anak kepada seorang pemimpin Umno di Negeri Melaka telah menyatakan dengan jelas sekiranya pelajar IPT terbabit bersetuju, segala kos pertukaran alamat akan ditanggung kerajaan dan ia termasuk proses pertukaran semula alamat di kampung asal sebaik selepas PRU nanti.

"Malah saya turut mendapat maklumat, pelajar yang sanggup berbuat demikian, segala bayaran sewa bilik akan ditanggung pihak terbabit sehingga selepas PRU," katanya dalam satu sidang media di Pusat Perkhidmatan DAP DUN Ayer Keroh hari ini.
 
Rakaman itu kini tersebar luar di laman Facebook dan Youtube.

Khoo juga mendakwa, dialog yang diucapkan dalam video terbabit juga mempunyai unsur perkauman yang mengatakan PRU kali ini tidak boleh dimenangi kaum Cina.

Ditanya mengenai tindakan seterusnya selepas menerima rakaman terbabit, beliau berkata, pihaknya tidak bercadang untuk membuat laporan polis sebaliknya akan menyerahkannya kepada pemimpin Pusat DAP dalam masa terdekat.- malaysiakini

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