PKR: BN youths assaulted our man

FMT, 24 March 2014

P Ramani

 

PKR claims that one of its youth leaders was assaulted by BN youths during the Kajang by-election.

 

PETALING JAYA: PKR Batu Caves state assemblyman Amiruddin Shari urged Barisan Nasional (BN) Youth leader Khairy Jamaluddin to respond on the indecent behaviour shown by his youth members during the Kajang state by-election yesterday.

In a press conference this afternoon at the party headquarters, Amiruddin related that Johor youth assistant chief Mohd Ramly Ahmad was assaulted by eight individuals believed to be from BN Youth campaigners.

The incident was alleged to have taken place around 3pm in front of Sekolah Kebangsaan Kajang polling station.

According to Amiruddin, the individuals surrounded Mohd Ramly when he was walking towards his car and assaulted him with flag sticks which resulted in him sustaining forehead and body injuries.

After the incident, the victim was brought to PKR’s medical aid room to receive treatment. Thereafter the victim with other PKR youth members lodged a report at the Kajang district police station, said Amiruddin.

Amiruddin added that this case was being investigated under Section 148 of the Penal Code by ASP Mohamad Sajidan Abdul Sukor.

Amiruddin said he had previously reminded Youth and Sports Minister Khairy, who is also the Umno Youth chief, to take care of his youth teams and avoid creating any provocation or ruckus during the campaign and election time.

Amiruddin added that the BN youth members were acting like gangsters by shouting vulgar words and showing indecent gestures during the campaign.

In yesterday’s poll, PKR candidate Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail defeated MCA vice-president Chew Mei Fun with a majority of 5,379 votes.

She polled 16,741 votes whereas Chew polled 11,362 votes. There were 176 spoilt votes.

The voter turnout was low this time, only at 72.1% (28,314 voters), compared to a turnout of 87.9 percent in the May 5 general election last year.