Kinabatangan, Lamag by-elections: EC using helicopters and boats to deliver ballot boxes


KINABATANGAN: The Election Commission (EC) has been deploying helicopters and boats to deliver ballot boxes to polling centres in remote locations for the Kinabatangan parliamentary and Lamag state by-elections.

Returning officer Eddy Syaizul Rizam Abdullah said helicopters were used on Friday (Jan 23) to deliver ballot boxes to three polling centres, namely SK Kuamut, SK Inarad and SK Abai, due to geographical factors, including the vastness of the Kinabatangan parliamentary constituency.

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