KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 15 -- Indonesia's General Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) has reportedly asked for a re-vote for its citizens in Kuala Lumpur following an incident of ballot tampering in their general election yesterday.

Jakarta-based news publication Antara quoted Bawaslu chairman Rahmat Bagja making the recommendation while announcing that ballots that have been punched and collected from ballot boxes in Kuala Lumpur will not be counted.

"They will not be counted and the [voting] process shall be repeated with the post and mobile ballot boxes," he was quoted saying.

He said that allegations of tampering with ballots were found to be true and significant enough to warrant a re-vote.

He recommended that the re-voting be conduc...