Election Commission chairperson Mohd Hashim Abdullah has lambasted electoral reforms pressure group Bersih for constantly claiming that elections in Malaysia are unfair.

In an opinion piece published in Mingguan Malaysia today, Mohd Hashim said political parties have been participating in all elections in this country and in every election, competing parties will have scrutineers to monitor the process.

"How can there be cheating then? There are allegations that the EC stole some of the ballot boxes, among others. But the ballot boxes don't mean much after the results are tabulated in the forms (at the polling rooms).