Electoral reform coalition Bersih has once again called on the Election Commission to prevent alleged manipulations and fraud in the electoral roll.

Their latest call was made following a purported admission by Umno Sungai Besar division chief Jamal Md Yunos that the party has been working to shift voters to marginal constituencies.

In a statement, Bersih cited Article 119(1)(b) of the Federal Constitution which states that voters are only entitled to vote in constituencies of which they are a resident.

“Article 113(1) further gives the responsibility of preparing and revising the electoral rolls for each constituency to the EC,” it said in response to Jamal, who reportedly said he has discovered 7,000 new voters in the Sekinchan state seat, as part of Barisan Nasional’s bid to wrest back Selangor at the 14th general election...