A police inspector has lodged a report claiming that he was not allowed to take part in early voting at the Federal Police headquarters in Bukit Aman on Saturday.
Lance Corporal Ahmad Fadli Zahar, 38, alleged that he had gone to the Police Family Association’s badminton hall in Bukit Aman about 1pm to cast his ballot.
He told the New Straits Times that a female Election Commission (EC) worker had checked his MyKad and said he had voted already.
“I felt weird. I showed her my fingers, which did not have any ink as I had not voted yet.
“A male EC worker then took my MyKad and asked me to wait outside.
“Two hours later he came back and asked me to wait until the voting process was over.”
Fadli, who is attached to the federal police strategic resources & technology department (StaRt), said he lodged a police report after the EC worker said he was not qualified to vote.
In his police report, a copy of which went viral on social media late on Saturday, he said that he proved his case to the EC officers by showing his left index finger which was clear of the voters’ indelible ink.
He said that an EC officer took his MyKad and whispered to him to discuss the matter outside the ballot room.
The inspector said that the EC officer told him that he will verify the matter again with his records but two hours later the officer returned and told him to wait until the whole balloting process was over.
Later, the policeman decided to check once more with the EC personnel but was again told that he would not be allowed to cast his ballot.
Appalled by the error by the EC that had denied him his right to vote, the cop lodged a report at 4.45pm, urging a probe be initiated into the matter.
It is learnt that after the case was handed over to the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters, a statement was recorded from the inspector.
The case is being investigated under Section 4(D) of the Election Offences Act 1954.
Police top brass are tight-lipped about the case and have declined to comment.
It was reported that an EC spokesman said that the commission was waiting for the outcome of the police investigation before taking action.