M'sian working in Beijing heroically helps students get their GE15 votes in
18 Nov 2022 04:22pm
Chua Guat Hong, a Malaysian who has lived and worked for 11 years in Beijing helped hand over ballot post papers to Malaysian students around Beijing. - Bernama Photo
The Malaysian, who works in a private company and has lived in the Chinese capital for 11 years, said the ballots were only received via a delivery company at about 5pm on Wednesday.
Taking matters into her own hands, she and her six friends organised an Amazing Race-like operation to ensure that they and some 100 students from Beijing Normal University, Peking University and Tsinghua University didn’t miss the chance to determine the future of Malaysia.
It wasn’t easy because there are tight COVID-19 restrictions and the students were not allowed to leave their campus, while security guards also denied Chua and her friends entry.
"Believe it or not, all the postal ballots were tested for the COVID-19 virus. It’s the procedure for all overseas mail.
"The students were overjoyed to see me and thanked me for helping them fulfil their responsibility to vote," said Chua from Batu Pahat, Johor who is a first time voter.
She said that a WeChat group called ‘GE15Beijing’ was created to aid communication and distribution, and that the marked ballots are being sent to Malaysia via courier.
Although exhausted having worked till midnight to get the job done, Chua is happy that she was able to help the students. - BERNAMA
