EC to get indelible ink from new supplier for by-election

The Election Commission (EC) is working to purchase indelible ink from a new supplier for the Kuala Besut by-election, said EC chief Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof.

“We will try to get a better ink that can avoid past mistakes... It will be from a different supplier and we will announce its silver nitrate content later, but we will ensure that its silver nitrate content would (be enough to) make it indelible,” he told a press conference today.

A major complaint from the 13th general election, where the ink made its Malaysian debut, was that some voters found it easily removable.

The ink was a recommendation from the parliamentary select committee (PSC) on electoral reform and one of the Bersih coalition’s demands to prevent voters from voting multiple times under false identities.


Koh Jun Lin