Volunteer hanging Perikatan Nasional flags at the Taman Pekatra in Sungai Bakap, Penang. ( June 24, 2024) — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star
NIBONG TEBAL: Penang Angkatan Muda Keadilan (AMK) lodged a police report alleging sabotage of the unity govt machinery's campaign for the Sungai Bakap state by-election by damaging Pakatan Harapan buntings and flags.
Penang AMK chief Muhammad Fadzli Roslan claimed that 38 buntings and 53 flags placed around Bandar Tasek Mutiara, Simpang Ampat, were taken down by irresponsible parties, with some even thrown into drains.
"At 12.30am today (June 27), when I and the AMK task force team were patrolling around Bandar Tasek Mutiara and Puteri Gunung, we saw several individuals in plain clothes putting up Perikatan Nasional flags in Simpang Ampat.
"Following that, we continued our patrol and found that several campaign materials put up by Pakatan workers had been damaged and replaced with Perikatan flags or buntings," he told a press conference after filing the police report at the Seberang Perai Selatan police headquarters here on Thursday.
He said all evidence, including photos of the incident location, have been handed over to the police for further investigation.
Fadzli added that while he did not want to point fingers at any party, he was disappointed that such actions have tarnished the by-election campaign, which should be conducted in a healthy manner.
The by-election on July 6 will witness a straight fight between Pakatan candidate Dr Joohari Ariffin and Perikatan’s Abidin Ismail, following the demise of the incumbent Nor Zamri Latiff on May 24 due to stomach inflammation.- Bernama
