Loo cries foul over torched billboards


Nasty act: Loo showing an image of the original billboard in his iPad and a copy of the police report in front of the vandalised signboard in Kelawai Road, Pulau Tikus. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Vandalism has reared its ugly head on the first day of campaigning when a billboard here was torched within hours after it was put up.

Barisan Nasional’s candidate for Pulau Tikus Loo Jieh Sheng said only a small portion of the billboard he put up along Jalan Kelawai was left intact.

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