Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak took to Twitter to deny reports that the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition has been deploying “phantom voters” in the countries 13th General Election today.
Voting closes at 5pm.
“The allegations of friendly parties to BN bringing in foreign workers to vote is totally untrue. We are committed to a fair election,” Mr Najib wrote.
Malaysians have been posting pictures and videos of alleged “phantoms”, who are foreigners flown in to cast ballots in hotly contested constituencies, caught at polling stations, reported the Malaysian Insider.
“First hantu got caught! And he’s from Myanmar!” a netizen, Richard See, wrote on his Facebook page as a caption to a photograph of a man who had his MyKad checked by monitors at an unidentified polling station.
On the “Pakatan Rakyat Election News” Facebook page, a video was posted of an alleged foreigner being booed off an unidentified polling station by voters.
Earlier this afternoon, opposition politician Rafizi Ramli, of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), and two other voters lodged police reports complaining that “phantoms” had registered to vote using their home addresses.
Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has said that over 40,000 dubious voters from overseas have been flown in since last week to Selangor and the capital Kuala Lumpur, a federal territory.
Source: AGENCIES