PAS VS PKR : PAS members assaulted PKR's Chegubard

The PAS Unit Amal members had formed a human wall in an attempt to stop  PKR’s Sungai Acheh candidate Badrul Hisham Shaharin from handing in his nomination form last Saturday, according to election watchdog Pemantau.
When this tactic did not work, (they) resorted to physically assaulting him,” claimed committee member Maria Chin Abdullah at a press conference today.

She said the incident was a breach of Badrul Hisham’s right to participate in politics, as well as an issue of personal safety.

Badrul Hisham, better known as Chegubard, is in a three-corner fight with PAS candidate Yusni Mat Piah and the Umno incumbent Mahmud Zakaria for the state seat.

The leaders of PKR and PAS yesterday agreed to allow PKR to stand in Sungai Acheh in a deal to solve overlapping claims to seven seats across the country.

Yusni is expected to announce this afternoon as to whether or not he will now withdraw from the contest, although his name will remain on the ballot paper.