(ANALYSIS)
A total of seven witnesses testified on the second day of the GE-13 People’s Tribunal.
The hearing this time was shocked with the testimonies of several witnesses, but was also emotional when the murder case of a campaign worker was heard.
The exposure began with three five-minute videos on the commotion at the Tapah parliamentary electoral process brought by candidate, Vasantha Kumar, which was shown to the tribunal panel.
It showed Vasantha and his supporters being chased off from the vote counting centre.
Mother of that late K Murugan, who was murdered, Rajamah Pachiapan testified emotionally regarding the murder while sobbing uncontrollably.
K Murugan, aged 36, was the personal bodyguard and campaign worker of the Tapah parliamentary candidate, Vasantha.
His body was found near the Bemban Industrial Park pond in Batu Gajah on 1 May, with injuries and his body was slashed and tied with wires.
Rajamah revealed that her son received death threat calls before being murdered.
Yasmin Masidi then presented Permantau’s report throughout the GE-13 as a result of feedback from 3,000 volunteers who monitored the nomination day, the campaign period and the voting.
The results of the report were comprehensive and not biased towards the government or the opposition.
The Director of the Merdeka Centre programme, Ibrahim Suffian then testified on the process of the early voting which could have determined victory in 30 parliaments and the role of the interim government in the election.
A native from Kuala Lipis, Pahang, Norman son of Kong, shocked the audience when he admitted to being paid RM20 if he voted for BN, and was promised another RM80, which has yet to be paid.
“Another promise not kept,” he said.
Another witness, Datuk Abdul Halim Hussin revealed BN’s behaviour in giving out vouchers to voters to be cashed if BN won the election.
The PKR candidate for the Teluk Bahang Parliament personally went to the location to cash the vouchers, and also brought video evidence.