Melaka polls: 25 investigation papers referred to DPP

MELAKA: Police have referred 25 investigation papers involving various offences during the 2026 Melaka state election to the Deputy Public Prosecutor's Office.

Melaka police chief Datuk Dzulkhairi Mukhtar said police had received 37 reports and opened 28 investigation papers so far.

"Most of the reports involved vandalism of campaign materials, which are being investigated under Section 427 of the Penal Code," he told reporters while observing the voting process at the Ayer Molek state constituency polling centre at SK Bendahara Seri Maharaja.

Dzulkhairi said voting at all 240 polling centres, involving 1,213 channels, was proceeding peacefully, with no incidents reported as of 9am.

He said the school was one of seven polling centres in Ayer Molek, with 43 voting channels in total.

He said 3,332 policemen had been deployed for the state election, with another 300 traffic personnel, Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) personnel, including reinforcements from Negri Sembilan, and members of Melaka's Public Order Riot Unit (PORU) also involved in the operation.

Earlier, Dzulkhairi's wife, Datin Diana Aini Mokter, also cast her vote at the polling centre.