Two men sued for voting twice in Wandwin Township

Published 12 November 2020

Wunna (Meiktila)

Legal cases have been opened against two men for voting two times in Wandwin Township, Mandalay Region, and another man for making a phone call to come to vote at respective local police stations.

Polling station representative from the Union Solidarity and Development Party as plaintiffs opened the cases in accord with the election law.

As Yan Myo Kyaw from Wandwin Township was on a monitoring duty as a poll representative from the USDP at BEPS Polling Station No (3) in Nyaungkaya Village, Kyaw Naing, aged 38, from Magyioak Village came to vote with ballot paper No (209). Again he went to BEPS Polling Station No (6) in Magyioak Village to vote with ballot paper No (148). Therefore, Yan Myo Kyaw as a plaintiff filed a suit against Kyaw Naing on November 10.

As Myint Tun Aung from Ywashe Village in Wandwin Township was on a monitoring duty as a poll representative from the USDP at BEHS Polling Station No (1) in Ywashe Village, Ohn Kyaw Myint, aged 45, from Pyaswe Village came to vote with ballot paper No (72). When he tried to put his little finger into the ink bottle after voting, he found out that his finger was already stained with ink. After questioning, he said he voted with ballot paper No (383) at BEMS Polling Station No (2) in Pyaswe Village.

He said he came here to vote again as he was phoned by Zaw Myo Aung (aka) Aw Kyan, 45, from Ywashe Village to come to vote.

Therefore, Myint Tun Aung as a plaintiff opened cases against Ohn Kyaw Myint and Zaw Myo Aung in accord with the election law on November 10.

Myo Min Min, assistant director of Meiktila District Election Sub-commission, said: “Chapter (13) Election has sections 57 to 64. Section 65 says such offences are with the power of police. So, anyone can complain directly to the police. Such complaints can be filed before or during the election or within 15 days after the election. If our commission knew that someone came to vote two times, we would file a lawsuit against him. If we didn’t know and a party came to sue, we would have to accept it. That is if the case is true. If it is a false complaint, the person who lodged the complaint will face a penalty of three years in prison or a fine of not more than Ks300,000.”