KUALA BESUT, July 24 – A suspected ‘phantom voter’ who caused a stir at a polling centre here today turned out to be a mad man.
Besut police chief Supt Kamaruddin Mohd Zakaria said it was the only report received on alleged ‘phantom voter’ at the Kuala Besut by-election Wednesday .
“Our investigation found that welder is mentally ill. He was not arrested within 500 metres of the polling centre,” he told a press conference here today.
The man was seen walking around Sekolah Kebangsaan Kampung Baharu polling centre and raised fear that he could be a ‘phantom voter.’
Vote canvassers lodged a police report after detaining the man at 2pm and handing him over to the police.
Kamaruddin also said party supporters are not encouraged to converge on Dewan Gong Kemuntong, Jerteh tonight during vote counting because of space constraint.
The police advised them to catch the result ‘live’ on television and reminded that no victory parade was allowed.
He also confirmed that supporters of a certain party had surrounded the car of Election Commission (EC) deputy chairman Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar.
They had suspected that the heavily tinted car without EC logo was ferrying ‘phantom voters.’
However, no police report was made.
– BERNAMA
