KOTA KINABALU, Nov. 25 -- Parti Warisan has lodged multiple police reports across Sabah over what it alleges is a coordinated smear campaign involving the mass distribution of defamatory and false materials targeting the party during the state election campaign period.

Deputy president Datuk Darell Leiking said the reports, filed in all affected state constituencies, refer to pamphlets and printed materials circulated widely in various districts containing "serious defamation, incitement and fabricated claims" against the party.

The pamphlets inferred that a vote for Warisan was giving MyKads or ICs to illegal immigrants.

Warisan described the matter as a "systematic and organised election crime" that goes beyond the usual rough-and-tu...