Police inspector stopped from voting, lodges report

KUALA LUMPUR: A police inspector attached to Bukit Aman lodged a police report on Saturday after being stopped from casting his vote by Election Commission (EC) officers during an early voting process at the federal police headquarters on Saturday.
The 38-year-old inspector who is attached to the federal police strategic resources & technology department (StaRt) had showed up at the early voting centre in Bukit Aman at 1pm but was told by EC officers that he could not do so as their records showed that he had cast his vote although he denied doing so.
In his police report, a copy of which went viral on social media late on Saturday, he said that he proved his case to the EC officers by showing his left index finger which was clear of the voters' indelible ink.
He said that an EC officer took his MyKad and whispered to him to discuss the matter outside the ballot room.
The inspector said that the EC officer told him that he will verify the matter again with his records but two hours later the officer returned and told him to wait until the whole balloting process was over.
The officer said later, he decided to check again with the EC personnel but was again told that he would not be allowed to cast his ballot.
Appalled by the error by the EC that had denied him his right to vote, the police officer lodged a report at 4.45pm at the Dang Wangi district police headquarters urging a probe be initiated into the matter.
It is learnt that after the case was handed over to the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters, a statement was recorded from the inspector.
Police top brass are tight-lipped about the case and have declined comment.