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- Kuala Besut by-election: PKR man lodges report over 'pil kuda' remark
- The Star artist dies after heart attack
- Scratch-and-win syndicate targets Malacca
| Kuala Besut by-election: PKR man lodges report over 'pil kuda' remark Posted: BESUT: A Terengganu PKR leader has lodged a police report against PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang over his pil kuda (methamphetamine) remark made two weeks before the general election. Dungun PKR Youth chief Mohd Shamsul Mat Amin lodged the report at the Kuala Terengganu police station yesterday, urging police to investigate Hadi's accusation that a PKR candidate for the general election was a drug peddler. The 28-year-old housing developer, who was PKR's candidate in the Bukit Besi state seat, claimed that two other former PKR candidates in the general election, including its Seberang Takir candidate Ahmad Nazri Mohd Yusof, would lodge similar reports in the near future. PKR fielded candidates in six areas in Terengganu in the general election, of which three – Bukit Besi, Seberang Takir and Bukit Putra – were seats also contested by PAS. However, the party withdrew from contesting against PAS days before nomination following Hadi's statement, which he allegedly made at a ceramah in Marang. In explaining why the party had to field candidates against PKR in the three constituencies, Hadi apparently said: "There was information, I cannot say from where, of one of them being a methamphetamine dealer. PAS cannot work with a candidate like this. Even PKR's people cannot accept this." Mohd Shamsul said he would also file a defamation suit against Hadi because he was one of the PKR candidates fielded in the three seats also contested by PAS. "Because I am the youngest PKR candidate, many people, including people in my village, assumed that Hadi was referring to me. "Even some of my family members believed Hadi was telling the truth as he is a religious leader. Due to that, I was shunned in my village and my business suffered as people no longer trust me," he told a press conference here yesterday.  Mohd Shamsul showing a copy of his police report during a press conference at Kuala Besut. Mohd Shamsul was accompanied at the press conference by Terengganu PKR election director Yahaya Zakaria and his adoptive father Ismail Abas. When asked why he is only lodging a report now, Mohd Shamsul, who claimed he was not being influenced by others in doing so, said he just recently recovered from a bout of depression because of Hadi's accusation. "Hadi made the statement before the general election. So I am taking this opportunity before the (Kuala Besut) by-election to make this statement. Furthermore, this is the best time as many journalists are here," he said. Related stories:Dont harass voters warns EC Dont believe advice over ink voters urged BN and PAS candidates equally confident of victory |
| The Star artist dies after heart attack Posted: [unable to retrieve full-text content]PETALING JAYA: Mohd Salleh Sapawi (pic), an editorial artist with The Star, died yesterday at the age of 53. |
| Scratch-and-win syndicate targets Malacca Posted: [unable to retrieve full-text content]MALACCA: More than a dozen housewives and retirees in the state have fallen victim to a scratch-and-win scam operated by a syndicate from Singapore and Johor. |
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