Vote-buying shadows polls

Members of the logistics unit of the General elections Commission delivering election materials by motorbike to remote polling stations by motorbikes and ox carts in Lampung, ahead of the elections tomorrow.-AFP

Housewife Suharti was returning home from a shopping trip, a gathering of political party workers handed her 100,000 rupiah (RM30.50) and a T-shirt – and asked her to vote for their candidate next week.

“They told me to vote for this certain candidate but I still don’t know who I’m going to vote for,” said the 53-year-old.