SINGAPORE: All sealed boxes containing ballot papers
and other documents used in the Presidential Election last August
were destroyed on Saturday morning at the Tuas South Incineration
Plant.
The ballot papers and other documents used in the
election had been retained, sealed and kept in safe custody for six
months at the Supreme Court.
The presidential election was held on August 27 last
year.
The ballot boxes were removed from the Supreme Court at 8am on
Saturday before they were transported to the plant for destruction
by incineration.
The process was witnessed by the returning officer Yam Ah Mee and
then-presidential candidates Tan Cheng Bock and Tan Jee Say.
- CNA/wk
