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Chinese voters return, Mukhriz impressed – Gerakan 

 

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6: Gerakan Deputy President Dr Cheah Soon Hai thanked the Chinese voters in Sungai Limau for voting Barisan Nasional (BN) and helped BN won handsomely in some of the polling stations.

In the media statement to The Malaysian Times (TMT), Cheah said Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Mukhriz was very impressed with the Chinese voters who have voted for BN while he was in BN election campaigning operation centre, the MB even thanked him in person.

He said that the return of Chinese votes is undoubtedly a strong encouragement and support to the Kedah BN state government.

"MB personally assured me that he will fulfil the promises he made to the Chinese voters during the by-election," added Cheah, who is also Kedah Gerakan State Liaison Committee Chairman

Cheah stressed that the return of Chinese votes to BN this time was to show to BN government that not all Chinese are against BN.

He said although BN lost in this by-election to PAS with majority of 1084 votes, but BN managed to win 11 out of the total 19 polling stations and most of the polling stations were Chinese majority.

Cheah pointed out that five out of eight polling stations that PAS managed to capture were all its fortresses, including two in Kota Sarang Semut and three in Bukit Besar.

PAS even managed to win at one particular polling station in Bukit Besar with majority votes of 1113. "This area has been a stronghold of PAS for many decades," Cheah told TMT.

Meanwhile, Cheah also said that during this by-election, thousands of PAS supporters were screaming and shouting on the streets in cars and motorcycles causing major traffic jam along the way to polling station.

CAUGHT IN SCREAMING JAM

As a result, hundreds Chinese voters were stuck on the streets for hours and they failed to make it on time to vote, it was a shame.

He said, Madam Wong who is married and has since moved to Malacca complained that she fetched her family of five departed from Taman Berjaya in Alor Setar at 11am to vote in Sungai Limau but they only reached the polling station at 3pm.

According to Madam Wong, there were many PAS supporters shouting and screaming along the streets causing their car unable to move forward.

Cheah also said that there was another voter Mr Wong, his wife was stuck while she was on her way to vote, eventually Mr Wong has to pick up his wife in motorcycle all the way from Sungai Limau to vote.

He suspected that such a move by PAS seemed that their intention was to stop the Chinese voters from voting, because PAS was well aware that the Chinese votes have returned to BN.