Flights for voters ‘normal’, paid for by friends of BN, says Tengku Adnan
(TMI) – Umno acknowledged today the existence of flights ferrying voters to key states, but said it was part of the party’s “get out the vote” campaign.
Party secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor also said the flights were paid for by “friends” of Barisan Nasional (BN), Reuters reported this evening.
He denied the accusation earlier today by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim that the Election Commission (EC) and the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) were involved in an operation to transport more than 40,000 dubious voters from Sabah and Sarawak to key states in the peninsula.
Tengku Adnan said the flights were normal electoral practice.
“The flights in question were organised and paid for by friends of Barisan Nasional. They brought registered voters to their home districts so that they may vote in the upcoming election,” he said in a statement reported by Reuters.
This evening, the Prime Minister’s Office also denied any involvement in the opposition’s claim that Malaysians, as well as, foreigners are being flown in to the peninsula to vote in Sunday’s polls.
A government spokesman said that “the Prime Minister’s office denies any involvement in these flights,” the national news agency Bernama reported this evening.
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