Pakatan Rakyat to sue Election Commission over ‘indelible’ ink

(The Star) – Pakatan Rakyat will file a suit on Monday against the Election Commission (EC) over the use of the indelible ink in the 13th general election.

PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar said Pakatan will sue the EC “top leadership” following contradicting remarks regarding its silver nitrate content of the indelible ink.

“We have all the necessary documents and evidence against the EC.

“You cannot keep changing your statements regarding the silver nitrate from five to seven per cent to only one per cent and later it is akin to food colouring,” she told reporters at an electoral reform forum organised by the Malaysian Bar Council Saturday.

It was reported that Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Shahidan Kassim told Parliament that the indelible ink used during the GE13 did not contain any chemicals.

A total 216,000 bottles of ink worth RM6.9mil was used in the same period.