Problems with JPN data complicate voter registration, says EC

KUALA LUMPUR: Election Commission chairman Azhar Harun admits that the commission is facing several problems when using data provided by the National Registration Department to identify voters’ information.

He said EC was forced to conduct its own checks to verify the data after JPN listed several individuals, who would have been around 150 years old if they were still alive today. “The provision under the law requires EC officers to be satisfied. If they are not, then they should go to the ground and check,” he said.He said the commission took all efforts to go to the ground to obtain information but lack of staff was sometimes a setback in carrying out the verification exercise.

Azhar added the EC resorted to checking with telecommunication companies, Astro, the Employees Provident Fund and even banks to find out if this group of voters were still alive.Subscribe to our newsletter and get news delivered to your mailbox.

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