Manager mistaken for phantom voter assaulted

 

(The Sun) – A policewoman’s husband was beaten up by a group of men at a voting centre at Rawang after being mistaken for a phantom voter this morning.

Tajudeen N. Anver Bacha, 49-year-old manager who is a Malaysian was walking towards a voting centre at Batu 17, Rawang when he was blocked by the men were loitering in the vicinity.

They accused him of being a Bangladeshi before ordering him to leave. When he tried to explain he was a local, the assaults began.

“There were about 20 or 30 of them.They were violent and attacked me from behind. I was kicked and stopped from voting by the men. They also snatched an elections slip with my voting details I printed out.” Tajudeen told theSun at noon.

The victim whose wife is a police officer at Bukit Aman lodged a police report at the Rawang police station soon after the assault.

Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar in a press conference at Bukit Aman at noon said police will not tolerate such actions and will look for the assailants.

Khalid was asked on allegations of phantom voters who arrived in buses at Kulai, Johor this morning who Johor police later clarified were Rela members reporting for duty, he said if the Kulai police chief had said they are Rela members then it should be accepted by the complainants.

“We want to make it clear that we are not going to protect or defend any party for wrongdoings during the voting process. We have no reason to lie, if we find they are not phantom voters then that is our findings.

“Anyone with information of Bangladeshis or other foreigners arriving in flights and buses should lodge a report with the police and we will take necessary action. Do not take the law in your own hands.

“How can you tell someone is a foreigner in Malaysia when we live in a multi-racial country,” he said.