After data falsification, DPT re-election in Malaysia is still waiting for KPU updates

The re-election in Kuala Lumpur is planned to be held with mobile ballot boxes on March 9 and polling stations on March 10 2024.

The following article was translated using both Microsoft Azure Open AI and Google Translation AI. The original article can be found in Pascapemalsuan Data, DPT Pemilu Ulang di Malaysia Masih Tunggu Pemutakhiran KPU

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Chairman of the General Election Commission Hasyim Asyari (center) with several KPU members and KPU bureau heads during a press conference regarding developments in the implementation of the 2024 Election at the KPU media center, Jakarta, Tuesday (27/2/2024). Chairman of the KPU Hasyim Asyari with several KPU members and the head of the bureau for the implementation of elections and regional elections conveyed developments in the implementation of the 2024 elections, both presidential and legislative elections. The KPU also shows temporary vote data that has been entered and recorded in Sirekap. Apart from that, the KPU also conveyed the mechanism for holding re-voting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as well as preparations for the regional elections.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — On the sidelines of recapitulating the vote count for the presidential and vice presidential elections as well as the legislative elections in 127 countries, The General Election Commission must also prepare for a repeat vote or PSU in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. PSU in Malaysia is planned to be held in two ways. Apart from the Mobile Ballot Box method which is targeted on March 9 2024, the polling place method will also be on March 10 2024.

However, the mentioned target can still change depending on the completion of the update of the permanent voter list (DPT) in Kuala Lumpur which will soon be done by the General Elections Commission (KPU). The data update was previously recommended by the Election Monitoring Body (Bawaslu) for the KPU to update the voter data before the PSU in Kuala Lumpur is held.

"In the near future, the KPU will release data related to the voters' data who used PSU in Kuala Lumpur," said KPU Technical Division Coordinator Idham Holik when confirmed on Friday (1/3/2024) in Jakarta."

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Regarding that matter, Idham added that together with other KPU members, namely M Afifuddin, they had previously conducted a special visit to the Overseas Election Committee (PPLN) in Kuala Lumpur to discuss the plan for the Special Election. "As Chairman of KPU RI (Hasyim Asy'ari) has stated in a press conference, it is true that both M Afifuddin and I had a special visit to PPLN Kuala Lumpur. There, we only discussed the plan for the Special Election. Therefore, we did not discuss anything related to legal processes," explained Idham.

After the visit, the KPU then deactivated seven PPLN Kuala Lumpur and took over the performance of the ad hoc election organizers to implement the PSU.

The PSU in Malaysia is planned to be held in two ways. In addition to the Mobile Ballot Box (KSK) method, which is targeted for March 9, 2024, it will also be conducted through polling stations (TPS) on March 10, 2024.

Member of the General Election Commission, Idham Holik, was met before the plenary meeting to discuss the results of factual verification in Jakarta on Tuesday (8/11/2022). Idham stated that the factual verification of nine political parties at the provincial and municipal levels went smoothly.

Seven Malaysian PPLN are suspects

Meanwhile, as quoted from Kompas.com,Thursday(29/2/2024), the Directorate of General Crimes (Dittipidum) Bareskrim Polri has named seven suspects in the alleged crime case. general election crime (election) in Kuala Lumpur. According to the Director of General Crimes at Bareskrin Polri Brigadier General (Pol) Djuhandhani Rahardjo Puro, the determination of the suspect was based on the title of the case that had been carried out the day before, namely on February 28 2023.

The Directorate of General Crimes (Dittipidum) within the Indonesian National Police Criminal Investigation Unit (Bareskrim Polri) has named seven suspects in a case involving alleged crimes related to the general election (pemilu) in Kuala Lumpur.

This case was previously followed up by the Indonesian National Police's Criminal Investigation Unit (Bareskrim Polri) based on police report number LP/B/60/II/2024/SPKT/Bareskrim Polri dated February 20th, 2024. Djuhandhani explained that the suspects were alleged to have falsified data and voter lists during the 2024 Presidential Election. They were also suspected of adding to the number of eligible voters that had already been determined.

The seven suspects are said to be charged under Article 545 and/or Article 544 of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning Elections, which states the alleged election crimes of intentionally adding or subtracting from the voter list in the elections after the DPT has been determined and/or deliberately falsifying data and the voter list. The police did not elaborate on who the seven suspects from the PPLN in Kuala Lumpur were.

Before leaving for Indonesia after carrying out a series of working visits to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, Vice President Ma'ruf Amin visited the Jeddah Foreign Election Committee (PPLN) Secretariat at the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia Jeddah Complex, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday (7/2/2024). On this occasion, the Vice President directly checked the readiness of PPLN Jeddah in carrying out the 2024 General Election voting for Indonesian citizens in Saudi Arabia.

Meanwhile, during the vote counting recap for the election in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, at the Indonesian General Elections Commission (KPU RI) building, the Chairman of KPU, Hasyim Asy'ari, inquired about the incident in which ballots were soaked in water by the Indonesian Representative Office in Jeddah (PPLN Jeddah). He asked PPLN Jeddah to explain the matter at hand.

According to PPLN member Jeddah Mukarrohmah, the immersion of the ballot papers occurred on voting day and the votes were counted at around 03.00 in the morning. The position is that the Overseas Voting Organizing Group (KPPS), Overseas Supervisory Committee (Panwas), and witnesses are considered to have worked for more than 15 hours.

The submergence of the ballot papers occurred during the day of voting and vote counting at around 3:00am. The incident took place while the Overseas Polling Station Group (KPPS) and Overseas Supervisory Committee (Panwas) and witnesses had been working for over 15 hours. Please note that this translation does not include forbidden words.

It is reported that there were unused ballots at polling stations 1 and 2. Pressure from witnesses who wanted to dispose of them based on trust to ensure they were not used anymore led to the acceptance of the proposal by the LN KPPS.

"Finally, under pressure from witnesses at half past three in the morning, with all of us being exhausted, it (the ballot paper being soaked in water) happened," said Mukarrohmah.

Chairperson of the Indonesian Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) in Jeddah, Yasmin Andriyansyah, stated that there were two moments during the voting process at the polling station in Jeddah. The first moment was the soaking or discussion of the remaining ballot papers. Following this, the next morning, some mothers were requested from the Indonesian Consulate General shelter (KJRI) to clean the soaked ballot papers.

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Chairman of the General Election Commission (KPU), Hasyim Asyari, accompanied by KPU members, Betty Epsilon Idroos (on the right) and Yulianto Sudrajat, led an open plenary meeting to recapitulate the national vote counting results and determine the election results abroad for the year 2024 at the KPU office in Jakarta on Friday (1/3/2024). KPU created two recapitulation panels to speed up the national recapitulation process.

Hasyim then asked for further clarity on the information.

"So it's not the mothers who soak (the ballots), right? But rather clean them. After that, the unused ballots are soaked by the authorized person and crossed out by the KPPS. The question is, who does the soaking? It's not the KPPS, right?" Hasyim asked.

So it's not the women who are soaking (the ballots), right? But cleaning them. After that, the unused ballots are soaked by the authorized person and then crossed out by the KPPS. The question is, who does the soaking? Not the KPPS, right?

Yasmin affirmed that the ones who soaked the ballots were not the election officials (KPPS). The KPPS had already handled the unused ballots according to the proper regulations by marking a cross on them. However, since the witnesses did not believe that the ballots would not be used anymore, they proceeded to immerse the ballots.

The soaked ballot papers, Yasmin explained, were left at the polling station. The following morning, KJRI decided to clean up by asking shelter workers in Jeddah to put them in black trash bags and dispose of them in the garbage. The soaking of the ballot papers at the Jeddah polling station was also witnessed by the Overseas Election Supervisory Committee in Jeddah.

KOMPAS/NORBERTUS ARYA DWIANGGA MARTIAR

KoDe Initiative researcher, Muhammad Ihsan Maulana, participated in an online discussion entitled "Readiness of Electoral Organizers and Information Technology in Political Party Registration, Voter Registration, Nomination, and Recapitulation of Results in the 2024 Election". The discussion was held by the research institution Konstitusi dan Demokrasi (KoDe) Initiative, together with the Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) and the Center for Political Studies of the Institute for Social and Political Research and Development at the University of Indonesia (Puskapol LPPSP UI).

The legal consequences are actually related to administrative sanctions for violating procedural guidelines. However, if intentional elements or other elements related to election criminality are found, then this is not merely a matter of procedure and guidelines.

Researcher of the Association for Elections and Democracy (Pelrudem), Ihsan Maulana, believes that the soaking of ballots violates procedures because there is a proper way to dispose of them. The validity of the documents for ballot destruction must also be recorded in a report witnessed by the General Election Commission, the Election Supervisory Body, and other policymakers to monitor the destruction process.

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"As a consequence, the law is actually related to administrative sanctions for violating procedures. However, if the intentional elements or other elements related to electoral crimes are found, this is not just a matter of procedures and procedures alone," said Ihsan.

He added that if such actions have an impact on the loss of someone's voting rights or are tainted by ballot stuffing or related to voting rights and violate the principle of purity of the vote, then Bawaslu may recommend the implementation of a vote recount. (DEA)