Rafizi claims he was attacked at Keningau PKR polling centre

A screengrab of Rafizi Ramli from a Facebook video which appears to show the fracas at the PKR Keningau polling centre.

PETALING JAYA: Rafizi Ramli (pic) claims that he was attacked as he was leaving the Keningau PKR polling centre.

The PKR deputy presidential candidate has since lodged a police report over the incident.

In the report, Rafizi said a scuffle had broken out at the main gate leading to the Keningau polling centre.

He said that when he tried to leave through the back door, he was hit on the head by a man.

In a WhatsApp message to The Star on Saturday (Nov 3), Rafizi also claimed that the PKR central election committee (JPP) had chosen a polling centre at a place where there was no telephone line or Internet connection, making it difficult to vote.

"Most of these are my voters, about 1,500. I was expected to win big in Keningau," he said.

Rafizi claimed that due to the commotion, the JPP then wanted to call off the voting at the "last minute" as polls were about to close.

He said it was at this moment when the alleged assault occurred.

Rafizi said that he, as a deputy president candidate, was allowed to enter the hall.

However, he claimed that another candidate for party polls had used "bouncers" to block the door and prevent more people from coming in to vote.

Rafizi also claimed that a large group of voters were left "in the sun for hours to stop them from voting".

"By 4pm, there were protests from outside the hall," he said, and alleged that his supporters were not allowed in to vote, which led to the fracas at the poling centre.