M'sians abroad urged to register as voters at missions

The Foreign Affairs Ministry is urging all Malaysians abroad who are eligible to register as voters at the respective Malaysian missions overseas to ensure their right to vote is guaranteed.

Deputy Foreign Minister Senator A Kohillan Pillay said his ministry, which was acting on behalf of the Election Commission (EC), always cooperated in ensuring that adequate Voter Registration Forms (Form A) were supplied to all the embassies, high commissions, consulates general and Malaysian consulates overseas.



He disclosed this at the Dewan Rakyat sitting today in reply to Nurul Izzah Anwar (PKR-Lembah Pantai) who wanted to know the level of readiness and preparations taken by all the Malaysian embassies, high commissions and consulates worldwide to ensure that Malaysian nationals abroad were given their right to vote.

Kohillan said the Malaysian missions also ensured that all the personal particulars of Malaysian nationals, including those who had registered as absentee voters residing abroad, were updated to include complete information such as their name, address and contact number in the foreign countries they were residing.

Meanwhile, responding to a question from Bung Moktar Radin (BN-Kinabatangan), Kohillan said the campaigning process overseas was allowed after the nomination process had been implemented.

However, the campaigning must comply with the election regulations stipulated by the EC, he said.

- Bernama