Act of mischief: The vandalised poster of Yeoh at Taman Tun Dr Ismail.
KUALA LUMPUR: Pakatan Harapan’s candidate for Segambut, Hannah Yeoh, will not remove the damaged billboards and banners that had been put up in several areas in Taman Tun Dr Ismail.
Instead, she will leave it as evidence of dirty acts by irresponsible people during campaigning.
“I will let the vandalised banners remain (at their locations) to remind everyone of the kind of campaign we face in GE15.
“These are not controversial campaign materials but common posters asking for votes.
Pakatan Harapan’s flags were removed in Kemaman, Terengganu — LOW BOON TAT/The Star
“I hope that such incidents will not happen in other areas of Segambut,” said the incumbent.
Yeoh said she woke up yesterday to several messages from TTDI residents alerting her to the damaged billboards and banners.
The canvas billboards with her picture at three sites – one at the Jalan Datuk Sulaiman and Jalan Burhanuddin Helmi junction, and two along Jalan Leong Yew Koh – had been cut in half.
Banners at several locations and flags along the pedestrian railings of Jalan Burhanuddin Helmi were also taken down.
“Luckily, the billboards were not brought down, but I noticed that the screws securing them had been removed.
“I will get my team to fix the billboard structure,” Yeoh told the press after visiting TTDI.
TTDI resident and one of Yeoh’s volunteers, Zafrul Ismail, 45, said he discovered the damaged billboards at the Jalan Burhanuddin Helmi and Jalan Datuk Sulaiman junction when he was sending his daughter to school.
“I informed Yeoh and went on to other locations to check on the billboards.
“Sure enough, the one along Jalan Leong Yew Koh was also damaged.
“This upsets the volunteers, as we spent long hours putting them up at odd hours of the day,” he said.
