(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Orge town may 12 (qna) - malaysia's election commission (ec) chief has said he will lodge a police report against party supporters who violated rules during the nomination process.
party supporters brought drums and loudhailers during the nomination of the bukit gelugor parliamentary by-election at dewan sri pinang here according to a bernama news agency report monday.
ec chairman abdul aziz mohd yusof said although the nomination process went smoothly party supporters' the actions violated the election offences act.
"we will file a police report on the incident so that an investigation will be conducted and action can be taken by the attorney-general" he told reporters after the nomination.
abdul aziz said the candidates should abide by the election rules during the nomination and campaigning.
the tussle for bukit gelugor on may 25 is a four-cornered fight between dap's ramkarpal singh deo and three others - parti cinta malaysia's (pcm) datuk huan cheng guan and two independents mohamed nabi bux mohd nabi abdul sathar and abu backer sidek mohamad zan. the mca is staying out of the race.
penang police chief abdul rahim hanafi assured the public of the security and order during the nomination campaigning and polling as enough policemen were stationed on the ground. (qna)
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