Malaysia to invite election observers from ASEAN countries

Malaysian Election Commission (EC) have invited observers from ASEAN countries to monitor the country's 13th general election on May 5, an EC official said Wednesday.

EC deputy chairman Wan Ahmad Wan Omar said at a press conference that observers from Asean countries have been invited to monitor the election process and list of the observers will be finalized Thursday.

He said the foreign observers are from Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand and the Philippines, along with observers from the ASEAN Secretariat.

Wan Ahmad said each of the ASEAN countries and the secretariat would be sending seven observers, of whom three would be accorded status as official guests of Malaysia.

The 13th Malaysian general election will be held on May 5, following the dissolution of the Parliament announced by the prime minister on April 3. A total of 222 parliament seats and 505 state legislature seats will be contested.Enditem