KOTA KINABALU: The Election Commission (EC) will stop the practice of early counting of ballots to prevent results being leaked on text messages or social networks.
Its chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said the counting of votes in the coming general election would only begin at 4pm with results to be known an hour after all polling centres are closed.
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