Possible petition to British gov’t from Sabahans

ony Thien | Jun 2, 08 4:17pm (From Malaysiakini)

A Sabah group is taking a page from Hindraf’s book – it is seriously considering petitioning the British government on the situation of illegal migrants in the state.

Having seen their proposal for a royal commission to probe the issue of illegal immigrants in the state rebuffed by BN lawmakers, the group is exploring the possibility of filing a petition to Britain through the Commonwealth office.

The Consumer Association of Sabah and Labuan (Cash), which is spearheading the move, is particularly aggrieved by the 440,000 foreign illegals, including 130,000 illegal immigrants in the state.

Shedding the old

By HARIATI AZIZAN and G. MANIMARAN (Sunday Star)

The Election Commission is seeking to re-register voters in a move to clean up the electoral roll. But the big question remains: Will the new roll be free of the problems that dog the current one?

A WEEK before polling day, Ahmad decided to check for his name in the election register. To his surprise, he found 24 other names registered in his family home.

Kuala-Lumpur-born Mei Lee, a 30-year-old businesswoman based in Hong Kong, has never registered to vote but discovered her name in the electoral roll for Terengganu.

Necessary update?: The electoral roll currently contains the names of 10.9 million voters. Some five million Malaysians who are eligible to vote are still not registered. — Filepic

True or not, tales like these of anomalies in the electoral roll inevitably surface every election, and the recent March 8 polls was no different.

Between 2004 and March 2008, the Election Commission received 235 complaints concerning the names of voters missing from the list.