Mizzima News has found out the following facts in today while voting is in progress in many parts of the country.
- Voters were asked to leave the polling booths as the counting began but some of the junta's supporters were allowed to remain.
- Residents are forced to vote only 'Yes' (tick) votes
- One person can vote for the whole family (no one vote for one person system)
- Police and security forces standing by near pooling booths
- Secret voting takes place inside pooling booths
- No foreign and local journalists are seen in and around pooling booths
- People not aware of contents of the draft constitution and yet they are voting
- Advanced voting was done taken some days before 10 May and today voting is just a show
- Residents arriving at polling booths found that their votes had been cast in advance voting (only their names and IDs were noted down)
- Voters are asked to tick 'Yes' by security and official staff
- Army gave notice to its soldiers and family members to vote 'Yes' only
- Voters were asked to leave when the counting began before the closure of the pooling booths though junta's supporters were allowed to count the votes.
