Election expenses open for inspection from today

The election expenses of candidates who contested the May 3 General Election can be inspected at the Elections Department (ELD) from May 28.

- Tham Yuen-C

Candidates are required under the law to submit their election expenses — listing how much they spent and what the money was used for — to ensure accountability and transparency of campaign finances.

They have to do so within 31 days of the election result being published in the Government Gazette, which was done on May 16.

For now, 35 candidates have submitted their returns and declarations, ELD said on May 27.