EC chairman Azhar Harun says Lajim Ukin was representing the Electoral Reform Committee, not any political party.
Lajim Ukin wearing an EC observer T-shirt and tag at the nomination centre in Sandakan.
He said the EC had also prepared a letter for election observers to sign, comprising a vow for observers to adhere to while carrying out their duties. He was responding to electoral watchdog Bersih 2.0 on the EC’s grounds for allowing politicians to be made election observers.
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