The voters turned up in the hundreds, crowding around the back entrance of the office, jostling one another to inch their way up to the party office on the third floor.
When approached by The Malaysian Insider, several said they had received information that MCA was giving out RM100 to each registered voter in Batu Sapi.
"All we have to do is bring our MyKads and our voting slips or something," claimed one man. He noted that he had been standing in line for hours, from 11am this morning until nearly 3pm.
"I heard they ran out of cash," he claimed further.
Just before 3pm, however, word reached the crowd that the party was no longer giving out the money.
"Just imagine, this is how Barisan Nasional cares for the people. There is no longer any money to give the people but no one informed them and they just let them wait here for hours. So many people have fainted,” said Wong.
A large portion of the group turned away vented their frustration by cursing at MCA for failing to inform the waiting voters outside in advance.
"My vote will go to the opposition now. How could they do this to us? Making us wait out here in the terrible sun and not telling us what is going on," said one angry woman.
Several others were heard muttering similarly under their breath as they left the venue in a huff.
One man told The Malaysian Insider that during their long wait, a few people had fainted from heat and exhaustion.
One elderly lady, who was seated on a chair outside the office waiting for her turn, had apparently fallen off her chair and hit her head on the pavement when she fainted from the heat.
She was rushed off by the others who were waiting with her.
Another lady claimed that she had successfully made it to the office this morning but was turned away from receiving her RM100 as she was not a MCA member.By Clara Choo
Beginilah tindakan BN memperbodoh bodohkan kita RAKYAT Sabah..dibuatnya kita macam tiada MARUAH sudah dimata RAKYAT..apakah sekadar RM100 kita kena buat macam BINATANG diumpan dengan makanan. AWAS kita ada maruah dan harga diri untuk mempertahankan Sabah yang kita cintai.
ReplyDeleteMCA from Semenanjung, what do they know about our locals here...it is a shame to be treated like beggars by these corrupt BN.
ReplyDeleteHeard they are using their secret weapon...they are going to splash their ill-gotten $$$$ to buy votes, tonight.
From my observation, the continuous attack by Tham Nyip Shen against Yong is a carefully thought out strategy between Musa and himself, to end the political career of Sabah Progressive Party.
ReplyDeleteIt is clearly evident that Tham (as SAPP members called him, "Smiling Tiger" is the most dangerous and evil type of human behaviour) because the person does things inside without others knowing what he can do. He reads and practices the Art of Sun Tzu.
Recent accusations and lies he made through the Chinese and English presses were all engineered and 'revealed' accepting the fact that the general public will tend to believe him because he was once a close aide of Yong. The most dangerous enemy is the one who was once 'too' close to you...as the saying goes.
Tham thinks that by his incriminating lies will make a difference on the public views on Yong, and to satisfy his new boss, the CM for obvious reasons anybody can guess what.
If BN lost Batu Sapi, his boss will be in dire straits including himself...so the only way, by hook or by crook this top dog will do the dirty job for his master...Now that I know Tham is a lowly cheapskate...a person of low moral...time will tell if I am telling you the truth!