Bukit Gelugor by-election: Independent candidate ‘faints’ in front of Guan Eng’s car


Abu Backer lying in front of Guan Eng's car.

GEORGE TOWN: Bukit Gelugor by-election candidate Abu Backer Sidek Mohamad Zan ‘fainted’ when he tried to stop Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng's vehicle from leaving the state assembly after the sitting at 2pm on Tuesday.

Abu Backer Sidek, 46, collapsed in front of the vehicle but "regained consciousness" and was taken away in an ambulance which arrived some half an hour later.

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