Zahid urges authorities to monitor vote-fishing ahead of polls

Barisan Nasional chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi hopes the authorities will monitor vote-fishing activities using cash money ahead of polling day for the state elections on Saturday.

Zahid, who is also Umno president, said the relevant authorities included the police, the Election Commission and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.

"The opponents are quiet right now, they don't carry out much activities openly, I'm afraid they will use last-minute strategy.

"They could be up to something such as 'charity' activities... we want those to win democratically, those to lose democratically," he said before an event in Gombak yesterday. 

He also said that political parties need to compete in a healthy manner and that victory should not be achieved through "political charity".