Penang police chief Comm Datuk Hamzah Ahmad told a press conference on Friday (July 5) that the voters in the Sungai Bakap by-election should never simply hand over their MyKad to anyone to prevent their identity from being abused by other parties which would sabotage the democratic process.
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00:00Thank you, Mr. President.
00:02I would like to advise all of you,
00:04all of you who are coming to the meeting tomorrow,
00:06do not give a copy of your ID card
00:09to strangers.
00:13We are worried that it will be misused,
00:16or it will be sabotaged,
00:18or it will be misused for other purposes.
00:20We will take our own ID card,
00:22submit it to the meeting center,
00:24and ask the SPR to initiate the registration
00:28and issue the ID card.
00:30And lastly, I would like to advise you
00:32for the duration of time from
00:34June 22nd to today,
00:37May 5th,
00:38there are 181 permits
00:41for the campaign that has been issued
00:43to both parties.
00:44So far, there have been no interesting cases
00:46that have been reported.
00:48Everything is going well
00:50and well-planned.
00:52And we have also made the building very safe
00:54and well-lit in the M29 area.
00:57So far, we have only received
00:59five police reports
01:01that have been recorded during the campaign.
01:04And the five police reports
01:07have been further investigated
01:09by the Indonesian Police
01:11and are in the next steps
01:13at this time.