Melaka polls: Pakatan’s Pengkalan Batu hopeful’s vote paused for two minutes over social media rumour

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Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate for Pengkalan Batu Jason Tze-Xi Nathan says he committed no election violation when his voting was briefly halted at ...

MELAKA, Nov 14 — Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate for Pengkalan Batu Jason Tze-Xi Nathan says he committed no election violation when his voting was briefly halted at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama Sultan Muhammad in Batu Berendam today.

He said the confusion arose because the presiding officer was unsure whether a candidate was allowed to vote.

Sinar Harian and Malaysia Gazette reported that the officer paused the process to seek clarification from his superiors after seeing a social media group message claiming candidates could not vote.

“The incident occurred when I arrived at the polling station at 9am and was receiving my ballot paper.

“The process resumed about two minutes later, once confirmation was received after the officer consulted his superiors,” Tze-Xi Nathan said.

He said he is a registered voter in Pengkalan Batu and had voted at the same polling station before.

He stressed that being a candidate did not strip him of his right to vote as a registered voter.

However, he did not fault the officer, saying the man might be new to the role.

“I don’t blame him, as he appeared quite young and it may well have been his first time serving as a presiding officer.

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