‘HERO’ SANUSI OPENLY BREAKS THE ELECTION LAW – IN REAL CHALLENGE FOR PAKATAN-BN TO PUNISH HIM

Sanusi reveals ballot paper to press

4.20pm: Sik, Kedah – Kwongwah Yitpoh reports that Jeneri candidate Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor flashed his marked ballot paper to the media before casting it into the ballot box. The caretaker menteri besar is a voter at SK Bandar Baru Beris Jaya.

The report, which also includes a purported picture of Sanusi’s alleged act with the ballot paper censored, notes that this is in contravention of Section 5 of the Election Offences Act 1954.

The law stipulates, among others, that no one shall communicate information obtained at a polling station on whom any voter at the station has voted. The offence is punishable with up to one-year imprisonment, a fine up to RM3,000, or both.

1. Jeneri candidate Muhammad Sanusi briefly showed his marked ballot paper before casting it, reports several news outlets.

This is in breach of S.5 of the Election Offences Act which imposes a maximum one-year jail sentence, or up to a RM3,000 fine, or both.

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A similar occurrence took place during the Kuala Besut by-election in 2013, which earned the BN candidate Tengku Zaihan Che Ku Abdul Rahman a rebuke from the Election Commission chief at the time – Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof – who said the action was inappropriate because it violated ballot secrecy.

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