Monday, April 22, 2013

Group switches sides, replaces DAP banners with BN’s at operations centre

Some 200 people here claiming to be DAP supporters have shifted their allegiance to Barisan Nasional.
The group brought down DAP banners at the Sungai Leman operations centre here around 2am
Monday and replaced them with Barisan banners.
The operation centre, set up two weeks ago by DAP supporters, is located 10m from the gate of the polling station at SK Sungai Leman and is a strategic location for drawing voters.
One supporter, Asri Zainian, 64, claimed the Opposition had not kept its promises.
He said he was originally a PAS member and had supported DAP for five years.
Asked if he had withdrawn his PAS membership, he said he would submit the documents soon.
Another supporter, Zulkifli Idris, claimed Pakatan's promise of street lights and other amenities had not been delivered.
"Our village is still in darkness," he said.
Sungai Besar Umno committee member Jamil Ramli said the group comprised Malays aged 21 to 50, who were either PAS or PKR members.
Meanwhile, Sekinchan incumbent Ng Suee Lim said about 10 people claiming to be DAP supporters had volunteered themselves a few days ago.
He added that the group did not number 200 as claimed by Jamil.
"I only met them a few days ago when one of them offered his house for use as the DAP operations centre," he said Monday.
He said it did not occur to him to check their background and motive before accepting their offer to assist the DAP but would be more careful from now.
He said he had not expected them to defect to Barisan Nasional.
Sungai Leman has a population of 3,500, of whom 2,500 are voters.

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