A day after two BN reps raised objections at the Election Commission's local inquiries on its proposed electoral boundaries, another raised his own against the move to carve two new parliamentary seats - P106 Damansara and P107 Sungai Buloh - from the existing Subang and Petaling Jaya Utara seats.
When met on the second day of EC's public inquiry in Shah Alam, MCA branch leader BL Yong said his objections were raised on the grounds that there would be a big difference in the number of voters between the two proposed constituencies.
"Our objection is mainly based on the malapportionment between these two constituencies.
"The first is 150,000-plus voters for Petaling Jaya Utara, now to be renamed as Damansara.
“Whereas for Subang, which under the proposal would be changed to Sungai Buloh, and the number of voters only amounting to 70,000-odd," he told reporters...