Citizen monitoring campaign Pemantau has once again been launched, in preparation for the forthcoming 14th general election.

The campaign was launched by electoral reform group Bersih, together with Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram), Pusat Komas as well as other NGOs, during a press conference held at the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall today.

Bersih chairperson Maria Chin Abdullah explained that the Pemantau campaign is a citizen's initiative to prevent electoral fraud and offences in the coming GE14.

Pemantau, Maria said, would monitor the Election Commission (EC), political parties and election candidates during the election period...