MIRI – The authorities have been urged to investigate the contents of a video which is making its rounds online purportedly showing money being offered to attendees at a Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) longhouse event.
Sarawak PKR information chief Abun Sui said the video clearly showed a person standing beneath a GPS banner.
“The video shows the man below a big GPS banner, talking on a stage located in a longhouse.
“He is clearly heard as saying to his audience that money will be given to voters and it is to be collected from a certain person after polling.
“The Election Commission and MACC (Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission) must probe and take action swiftly.
“This blatant use of money to entice voters must be stopped now.
“The integrity of this entire state election is being jeopardised by vote-buying,” he said.
Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak Baru candidate for the Marudi seat, Sawing Kedit, also said he received information of money being used to lure voters.
“People have complained that there are certain quarters going around giving cash handouts to voters.
“They are offering cash in return for votes, and this must be stopped.
“It is like encouraging people to live as a corrupted society,” he said in a press statement.
Sawing has urged those who were offered money to lodge reports with the MACC immediately.
Polling is on Saturday in Sarawak’s 82 state constituencies. – The Vibes, December 16, 2021
