Old identity card numbers deemed problematic by the National Registration Department (NRD) have also been detected in other states nationwide, the bulk of it in Selangor, claims DAP election strategist Ong Kian Ming.

NONEOng (left) had earlier claimed that of the 130,459 "problematic" identity cards revealed by Sabah and Sarawak NRD identity card division assistant chief Ruslan Alias, 60,653 were found to be still on that state's electoral roll.

He had also revealed that a further 7,475 people with permanent or temporary resident identity card numbers were spotted on Sabah's electoral roll.

"This problem also affects peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak.

"A search of the first quarter of 2012 electoral roll in peninsular Malaysia showed there were 6,840 voters (who held 'problematic' identity card numbers or non-citizen identity cards)," he said.

Selangor tops the list with 2,421 such identity card numbers or 35.4 percent while Johor and Kuala Lumpur recorded 1,190 or 17.4 percent and 952 or 13.9 percent respectively.

Tossing around numbers

The others are Sarawak (425), Perak (334), Pahang (325), Malacca (288), Kedah (240), Negeri Sembilan (208), Penang (161), Terengganu (140), Kelantan (137) and Perlis (19).

Some of these identity cards in the electoral roll also include numbers for permanent and temporary residents, said Ong.

However, he acknowledged some may have since obtained citizenship.

He tabulated his findings as follows, with P1 - P3 denoting various classes of problematic voters, of which the group P3 has since been deleted from the roll.

Table: P1 to P3, red and green old ICs in Peninsular Malaysia states (Q1 2012 electoral roll)

Type

P1

P2

P3

P1 to P3

Red

Green

Total

%

Selangor

584

1634

4

2,222

189

10

2,421

35.4%

Johor

231

889

1

1,121

67

2

1,190

17.4%

KL

167

727

4

898

53

1

952

13.9%

Sarawak

154

250

2

406

19

-

425

6.2%

Perak

62

258

0

320

13

1

334

4.9%

Pahang

126

190

0

316

9

-

325

4.8%

Malacca

45

223

0

268

18

2

288

4.2%

Kedah

81

148

0

229

11

-

240

3.5%

N.Sembilan

37

152

0

189

19

-

208

3.0%

Penang

25

117

0

142

19

-

161

2.4%

Terengganu

32

99

0

131

9

-

140

2.0%

Kelantan

40

90

0

130

7

-

137

2.0%

Perlis

5

14

0

19

-

-

19

0.3%

Total

1589

4791

11

6,391

433

16

6,840

100.0


Ong, who is also who is also the Malaysian Electoral Roll Analysis Project (Merap) director, said this discovery combined with those in Sabah puts the total number of potentially dubious voters at 74,988.

"I repeat the call for the NRD and the Election Commission to conduct joint investigation to determine if these 74,988 voters are genuine voters who have been given citizenship by following the proper procedures.

"I stand ready to present all of my evidence to the royal commission of inquiry on Sabah immigrants if I am asked to testify," he said.