Protesters attack enforcement team during demolition exercise


Southwest district office principal assistant Abu Hasan Omar (middle, in blue shirt) were surrounded by the protesters during the demolition exercise on illegal stalls in Jalan Hassan Abbas in Teluk Bahang yesterday. .//CHAN BOON KAI/THE STAR/(21st Jan 2014)

BALIK PULAU: A demolition exercise on illegal food stalls and structures in Teluk Bahang turned ugly when a group of protesters attacked the enforcement team.

The protesters comprising several non-governmental organisations (NGOs), political leaders and the local traders surrounded Southwest district office principal assistant Abu Hasan Omar and Penang Land and Mines Department assistant officer Ismail Yahya as they were both showing them photos of the structures earmarked to be demolished.

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