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KPU rushes to update Kuala Lumpur voter roll ahead of revote
The poll body is scrutinizing the list of Indonesian voters in Kuala Lumpur following alleged electoral fraud that led to the annulment of the vote in the city and consequently a revote.
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Indonesian citizens cast their votes on Feb. 11, 2024, during the 2024 general election, at a polling station located at the Kuala Lumpur World Trade Center in Malaysia. (Antara/Rafiuddin Abdul Rahman)
The General Elections Commission (KPU) is updating the list of Indonesian voters in Kuala Lumpur after alleged electoral fraud spoiled the voting in the Malaysian city and led to a revote.
Seven officials from the Kuala Lumpur election committee (PPLN) were named suspects on Thursday for allegedly tampering with the region’s voter list “because of the influence of lobbying from representatives of political parties", according to the police.
KPU commissioner Mochammad Afifuddin said that the agency was in the process of updating the allegedly tampered voter roll before some 200,000 registered voters are slated for the 2024 general election revote on March 9 through mobile ballot boxes and March 10 at polling stations.
"The criminal probe [of the seven election officials] will not affect voters’ data updating process in Kuala Lumpur as we suspended these officials before the police named them as suspects," Afifuddin said on Saturday.
He said he was optimistic that the KPU could finish the update before the revote.
Irregularities
The overseas voting process has been widely scrutinized by candidates, political parties and observers alike, with reports of irregularities and possible foul play circulating on social media since polling stations for Indonesians living abroad opened between Feb. 5 and 14. Voters in several cities across the globe cast their ballots through mobile ballot boxes and mail-in ballots.
