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.
