ALOR GAJAH, Oct 18 — The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and the Election Commission (EC) have conducted internet connectivity checks at polling centres to test the Optical Character Recognition-Voter Attendance (OCR-VA) system ahead of the Melaka state election, which will take place next month.

State Science, Technology, Innovation and Digital Communications Committee chairman Datuk Fairul Nizam Roslan said one polling centre, Dewan Penyayang at the Lesung Batu Welfare Complex, was found to be unsuitable for the OCR-VA system due to unsatisfactory internet connectivity.

“As such, the polling centre will be relocated to the Machap Baru State Constituency Development and Coordination Committee (Japerun) Complex,” he said.