Bersih cautions S'wak against string-attached travel subsidy for voters
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It would be an offence for the Sarawak government to provide a travel subsidy with strings attached to young Sarawakians living in the peninsula to fly back to the Borneo state to cast their ballot during the forthcoming general election (GE15), Bersih cautioned.
In a statement today, the electoral watchdog said this is particularly so if the subsidy recipients are asked to vote for a particular candidate or party...
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