THE Election Commission will look into allegations that some of its officers assisted Barisan Nasional before the 14th general election to move voters to shore up support in certain areas, said its chairman, Azhar Azizan Harun.

“We have to see the full report first before deciding on the next course of action,” the EC chairman told The Malaysian Insight today.

“It’s too early to decide anything yet, pending the report,” said Azhar, who took over as EC chairman after GE14 in September 2018.

The report, on land swap deals involving the Ministry of Defence (Mindef), will be tabled by Minister Mohamad Sabu in the Dewan Negara tomorrow.

According to the report sighted by The Malaysian Insight, the EC colluded with Mindef to transfer army voters ahead of GE14 last year. This involved the building of four camps at Bera, Segamat, Paloh and Hutan Melintang.

The EC then was headed by Mohd Hashim Abdullah, who retired two months after the elections on May 9, which saw a change of government.

Hashim’s tenure was originally slated to end in August 2020.

The other EC commissioners also resigned subsequently.

The report is based on a special audit by former auditor-general Ambrin Buang, who was tasked with investigating dubious deals under the previous government, beginning with Mindef.

In the run-up to the last elections, electoral reforms coalition Bersih 2.0 found that army voters were moved in and out of three constituencies ahead of the elections.

Then Bersih 2.0 deputy chairman Shahrul Aman said 1,079 army voters were moved to the Segamat camp in Johor, Bera (1,234) in Pahang and Hutan Melintang (1,411) in Perak.

Segamat was then held by MIC’s Dr S. Subramaniam, the former health minister, but he failed to defend the seat in GE14.

Bera is retained by Umno’s Ismail Sabri, while the Hutan Melintang camp is in Bagan Datuk where former deputy prime minister Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is still MP. – May 8, 2019.