Malaysia decides to grant RI's polling booth request
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sat, 03/14/2009 3:46 PM
Reversing its earlier descision, the Malaysian government has decided to allow the Indonesian government to arrange for more polling stations in the country for the coming general elections, Indonesian ambassador to Malasyia Da'i Bacthiar said Saturday.
“I had received a phone call form Foreign Minister Hassang Wirajuda [saying that] the Malaysian government has allowed us to set poll stations in areas where many Indonesians live,” he said during a dialog with Indonesian residents and political party representatives at the embassy in Kuala Lumpur, as reported by state news agency Antara.
Da'i said that the embassy predicted that there would be seven more polling booths arranged around Kuala Lumpur. “But it will all depends on how many the Malaysian government allow and how many our overseas election committee can set up,” he said.
He said that if they set up seven more booths there would 35 booths in total in the country. The overseas committee will set 30 booths in Kuala Lumpur, while 5 others will be set up at the embassy compound, and one each in Johor, Kinabalu City, Tawau, Kuching, and Pulau Pinang.
The number of eligible Indonesian voters in Malaysia totals 900,000, with about half living in the capital. (dre)
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