
The former deputy education minister said the alleged act violated regulations set by the Election Commission (EC).
Teo told FMT she had personally gone to the school to verify complaints she received from voters. “What I saw was indeed what was described to me.”
Teo said the incident had only occurred at one of the 12 channels at the voting centre.
Upon pointing out the violation to the officer in charge of channel 10, Teo claimed she was told the same had been done during the Johor state elections in March.
The officer claimed the details were being recorded so that any lost items could be returned to their owners, she said.
“I told them this cannot be a reason to ask for peoples’ names and phone numbers. This is wrong. That’s why I objected to it and told them that they needed to destroy all the records in front of me.”
Teo said the officer then destroyed the paper that had this information.
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