Kingsway controversy continues to brew
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It looks like the "Mason Loh vs Wendy Yuan" battle is not over yet.
According to local Chinese newspaper Ming Pao, a Mason Loh's (樂美森) supporter claimed that her address was changed mysterically without her knowledge or consent one day before the nomination day.
Victoria, who didn't want to use her last name, claimed that she and her husband were denied to vote on that day and were told that their names weren't on the eligible voters' list.
An initial investigation by the volunteers on duty discovered that an email sent to the Liberal BC caucus one day earlier asked to change the couple's address to two different addresses. Victoria's address became somewhere on E. 47th Ave, which was completely out of the riding boundaries.
Victoria said she was shocked to learn that private information like names and addresses could be manipulated that way. She claimed she saw at least two more people shared her similar experience.
After much struggle, she and her husband managed to take the vote.
An copy of the email was obtained by the Loh's camp. The email was autographed "Peter Xie", who's happened to be the same name of a high profile supporter of Wendy Yuan (袁薇). The email was sent at 4:56pm the day before to "Wendy Y.", "Michael Hillman" and another Liberal member. The email contained an Excel file and asked the receipients to change the addresses of some members.
"Michael Hillman" is also the same name as Wendy Yuan's campaign manager.
Wendy Yuan denied she knew any of this. She continued to stress that her campaign was clean and she's done nothing against the book. Since Loh has already filed an appeal, she wouldn't comment on the matter.
The Loh's camp claimed that at least 20 other addresses were changed at the last minute, almost all of them were Loh's supporters.
Liberal BC's caucus director Mark Grant wouldn't comment either, citing the matter was under review.
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