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When a video began circulating on social media showing people queueing at a restaurant in Bukit Pelanduk, Negeri Sembilan — with men appearing to scan people’s MyKad — the question of who was behind it landed squarely on PKR.
Nobody said it out loud; nobody had to.
MCA’s official media platform shared the footage on Facebook with a caption alleging that a political party was involved in vote-buying.
The post named no one.
In the constituency of Chuah, only two parties are contesting in the upcoming state election: MCA and PKR.
The incumbent, Datuk Yew Boon Lye of Pakatan Harapan (PH), denied any involvement — though he acknowledged he had not yet watched the video in question.
“Tak ada, mana PKR ada wang. Saya pun pening memikirkan kempen saya sendiri,” he told Malaysiakini when contacted on Tuesday (28 July).
(We don’t have money. I’m already stressed about my own campaign.)
‘Investigate’ — But Nobody Means Themselves
It is, in its own way, a defence.
Yew said his team had no information about the incident and called for it not to happen again; he also welcomed an investigation by the authorities — noting, pointedly, that he had no power to conduct one himself.
“Saya tak ada kuasa untuk menyiasat. Saya memang alu-alukan siasatan daripada pihak berkuasa.”
(I have no power to investigate this myself — but I fully welcome one by the relevant authorities.)
The Election Commission’s (EC) deputy chairman, Azmi Sharom, urged anyone who witnessed corrupt conduct to file a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
MCA secretary-general Chong Sin Woon said the party would be lodging a police report, and it did.
A Different Race This Time
In the 2023 state election, Yew won Chuah with a majority of 6,298 votes — a comfortable margin built partly on a PH-BN cooperation that no longer exists.
His challenger this time is MCA’s Pau Jeou Ching, a 41-year-old engineering graduate and businessman.
The terrain has shifted in other ways too.
Political analyst Ong Kian Ming has projected that PH faces an uphill battle in Negeri Sembilan, with BN and PN positioned to make gains in several constituencies.
PH’s campaign machinery has since stepped up its ground efforts in response.
The video, for now, remains unverified.
But in an election where the numbers are tighter, the alliances are thinner, and a viral clip can travel faster than a denial — timing is its own kind of evidence.
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