PETALING JAYA: Petaling Jaya Utara PKR division chief Elizabeth Wong (pic) has submitted "proof" that suspected army personnel voted in Sunday (Oct 21)'s second leg of the Selangor PKR elections.
Wong, who is Bukit Lanjan assemblyman, said two sets of documents and their appendices have been submitted to Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu and PKR secretary-general Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution over the matter.
“The first set contains the names and details of the three people suspected to be members of the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) who have voted Sunday morning at the Petaling Jaya Utara division polls, whereas the second set pertains to the discovery that 32 Petaling Jaya Utara PKR members were registered with addresses based in ATM camps.
“These include Batu Kentomen camp, Paya Jaras camp, Sungai Buloh camp, Wardieburn camp and Perdana Sungai Besi camp,” she said in a statement on Monday (Oct 22).
She said the submission of documents will allow the Defence Ministry to start investigations to find out if army personnel were involved in political activities, and also to help the PKR PJ Utara division update its membership roll.
Wong had on Sunday claimed 30 military personnel had come to the division to vote in the second leg of the Selangor PKR polls, which was mired by fracas in several divisions, leading to the arrest of seven men for cheating.
Wong, in her statement, clarified the complaint made about the army personnel voters was a separate incident from the arrest of seven men by police during the division's polls.
This comes as a response to the Defence Ministry's earlier statement that the seven men arrested were not army personnel.
“All the same, the Defence Ministry views the allegations involving military personnel very seriously.
“Seeing that a police report has been lodged, the Defence Ministry will await the results of the investigations from the police,” the statement said, adding that appropriate disciplinary action would be taken if the allegations were found to be true.
In Malaysia, armed forces personnel are prohibited from engaging in political activities under the Armed Forces Council Order (PMAT) No. 3/1972.
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