Anwar: Not just Bangladeshis made up 40,000 dubious voters


KUALA LUMPUR: Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim now says a previous Opposition claim that over 40,000 dubious voters entered the country days before the general election in May did not refer to Bangladeshis alone.

He said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had “confused the rakyat” when the latter said Pakatan Rakyat had alleged the Election Commission had registered over 40,000 Bangladeshis as voters.

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