Election time was over at 5 p.m.; boxes of ballots took 5 hours to reach the counting stations. During the counting period, candidates in different constituencies from the opposition party were declared the winners. All of a sudden there was power outage; later when the power came back, extra boxes of ballots found in the ballot counting room. This time the ruling Barisan National candidate was declared the winner! It happened in several different states. This is sheer cheating! One week after the election, ballots voted for the opposition party were found in bushes, or behind some old buildings. Many foreign workers, especially those from Bangadesh were given ID so they could vote for the ruling Barisan National Party.



