PASIR MAS: The Armed Forces chief General Tan Sri Zulkifeli Mohd Zin has refuted allegations that a Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) commanding officer has been transferred permanently, after he lodged a police report over the weaknesses of the indelible ink.

He said that the RMAF officer was temporarily on attachment at a TUDM airbase in Kuala Lumpur, pending an internal investigation, following his police report on the indelible ink.

"The Armed Forces had established its own investigation to look into the matter," he told reporters after meeting army veterans programme at the Tendong vocational school, here, on Saturday.

It was reported that Mej Zaidi Ahmad, 45, from the Butterworth RMAF Airbase, along with his wife Shafinah Abdul Hamid, 47, and RMAF technician, Jamal Ibrahim, 41, all claimed that the indelible ink marked on their finger had washed off easily.

Mej Zaidi said he received a letter on Friday informing him of the transfer, which took immediate effect. However, he pleaded to postpone the transfer to Monday, which has been approved.

Zulkifeli said that to ensure that he received a smooth and fair investigation, the officer was temporarily attached at the TUDM airbase.

"This will allow us to get to the bottom of the problem and determine the necessary actions.

"Most importantly, we want to know how the indelible ink could be washed off easily and get solutions to the problem," he said.

He also noted that it would take about a month to complete the investigation before the officer would be allowed to return back to his previous camp.

On the allegations that there will be some 12,000 people holding Malaysian and Thailand identification documents that would illegally vote during the election, Zulkifeli said that authorities have strengthened its forces across the Thailand-Malaysia borders and are on the look out for such people.

"We are always prepared for such situations especially in handling non-traditional threats like human trafficking, weapon and drug smuggling into the country,” he said.

State Barisan Nasional chief Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed lodged a police report on Friday claiming that he received information about the plans of illegal entry that were coming to Malaysia to vote.

He believed that the scheme was orchestrated by a group of politicians who wanted to win the elections using phantom voters.

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