Mahkota polls: Special service from Johor MB for voters having problems of voting

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A senior citizen couple received a big surprise on the morning of polling day for the Mahkota by-election on Saturday (Sept 28) when Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi showed up at their door to ferry them to cast their ballots.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00An elderly couple from Johor Bahru received a huge surprise on the morning of the polling

00:06day for the Makota by-election when the Mentri Besar showed up at their door.

00:11Mentri Besar Datuk On Hafiz Ghazi drove to their house in Taman Suria to ferry them to

00:16cast their ballots.

00:18Sixty-year-old Zuriya Sa'at said she did not expect the Mentri Besar to be the one

00:23doing it for her and her 62-year-old husband, Abdul Aziz Osman.

00:32She said she has walking difficulties and she was actually waiting for her friend to

00:36pick them up to go to the SMK Shri Pardana Polling Centre.

00:41She and many more wheelchair-bound voters did not let their immobility to stop them

00:46from exercising their voting rights.

00:48Muhammad Hilmi Zainal also made the journey from Johor Bahru to cast his vote.

00:54He said his siblings, who live in Malacca, Pahang and Selangor, had also returned to

00:59vote.

01:00The Election Commission said as of 2pm, the voter turnout was at 38.53% and they expect

01:07the turnout will reach at least 60% as the polls close at 6pm.

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