KUCHING: The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih) chairman Thomas Fann has been denied entry into Sarawak for a voter consciousness roadshow.
The electoral reform group mentioned it obtained a letter of rejection from the Sarawak state secretary on its software for Fann to come for the roadshow’s townhall session to be held right here on Saturday (July 2).
“We remorse the choice of the Sarawak state authorities. While the Immigration Act grants Sarawak and Sabah the best to deny entry to any non-residents of each states, it was by no means supposed to limit legit political actions below Section 67 of the Act,” Bersih mentioned in a press release on Friday (July 1).
Fann has been on Sarawak’s no-entry record since 2016.
Despite Fann’s denial of entry, Bersih mentioned the city corridor session would go on as scheduled.
It mentioned Fann, who had been anticipated to communicate on the session in individual, would ship his handle just about as an alternative.
Bersih additionally known as on the state authorities to raise the ban on Fann and politicians, legal professionals, teachers and different political activists on its no-entry record with fast impact.
“A clear, secure and assured authorities who has nothing to disguise needn’t concern advocates of institutional reform or dissenting voices when it’s supposedly pushing for a extra open and decentralised Malaysia,” it mentioned.
