'TEMPORARY RESIDENT' REGISTERED AS VOTER

A HOLDER of a MyKad bearing an expiry date and the words 'Pemastatutin Sementara' (Temporary Resident) issued by National Registration Department has apparently found her way to Election Commission’s database.

Blogger 'Amenoworld' discovered the 'temporary' MyKad holder, Noridah binti Dawi, who has a home address in Klang but is registered as voter in Sabah.

A check by Harakahdaily on EC’s database, based on the Mykad number 741217-12-5786, shows Noridah registered as voter in Silam parliamentary and Lahad Datu state constituencies.

However, her home address is given as "C-3-18, Jalan Batu Unjur 9, Sri Bayu Apartment, Taman Bayu Perdana, 41200 Klang Selangor".

Earlier, the discovery of a similar blue-colour MyKad was being intensely discussed on the internet. However, the temporary resident was not found to be a registered voter.

Prior to this, the EC said its recent correctional exercise meant that voters would be re-registered in a constituency based on their MyKad address. The move also affected Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim, whose name was moved to Lembah Pantai.

Explaining the unfamiliar MyKad, the NRD was quoted by Malaysiakini as saying that that the MyKad with expiry date was an old version of the temporary resident card it had been issuing since 2001.

"(At that) time, the government (did) not have different types of cards for citizens, permanent residents and temporary residents.  The only way to differentiate them was (by printing) four red square boxes in front of the card for permanent residents, with the words 'Pemastautin Tetap' and five green triangles for temporary residents with the words 'Pemastatutin Sementara' (and) the expiry date.”

NRD further explained that red 'MyPR' cards were introduced in 2006 for permanent residents and in 2009, the green 'MyKAS' cards were given to temporary residents with the expiry date intact.

“Both MyPR and MyKAS holders are not considered as holding Malaysian citizenship," the department added.

The latest discovery of the Klang resident registered as a voter in Sabah is set to fuel allegations surrounding the electoral roll - the main complaint of those calling for clean and fair election, whose rally at Dataran Merdeka is set to rock local political scene on Saturday.

The EC has often been accused of colluding with the Federal government agencies to manipulate the electoral roll to ensure Barisan Nasional's victory in the next general election.

Recently, PAS vice president Mahfuz Omar revealed what he called was an 'instant-citizens taskforce' involving top government officials, to issue citizenship to foreigners in return for votes for BN. (Harakahdaily)