Indonesia's election commission is probing reports that thousands of ballots have been cast in Malaysia days before overseas polling opened.
Signage for the General Election Commission is displayed outside the commission’s office in Jakarta, Indonesia.
The commission is also collecting information about the alleged discovery of several bags of votes already cast in favour of incumbent president Joko Widodo and some legislative candidates in Selangor in Malaysia, Kompas.com reported. Malaysia has an estimated 1.2 million Indonesians eligible to vote on April 14 in the first simultaneous presidential and legislative elections.The reports of possible vote-rigging come amid allegations of irregularities in the voter list made by Widodo’s challenger Prabowo Subianto, who has threatened a legal challenge in the event of a defeat in the April 17 poll.
The opposition also demanded the recall of Indonesia’s ambassador to Malaysia for the embarrassment caused by the suspected fraud.
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