Thugs disrupt Anwar's speech, hurl shoes in Alor Setar mosque

A group of youths believed to be linked to UMNO's right wing offshoot Perkasa turned up at a mosque in Seberang Pumpong, Alor Setar, where opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was delivering a speech.

Anwar who arrived at the mosque as part of his 'Jelajah Merdeka Rakyat' bus tour in Kedah, was delivering the customary tazkirah (short religious lecture) after the Maghrib prayer, when several youths (circled in pic) emerged and began shouting abuses.

PKR's online organ Keadilandaily reported that the group later turned violent by throwing their footwear into the mosque and switching off electricity.

Despite the blackout, Anwar continued his speech with a loudhailer, said the report, which also identified the leader of the troublemakers as one "Dato Yusof".

Also present at the programme was PAS vice president Mahfuz Omar, who is also Pokok Sena member of parliament.

The attack on Anwar is the second since he left in the specially designed double-decker bus, where he stopped at several towns to meet the locals in Pahang, Kelantan, Perak, Kedah and Perlis.

In Kota Bharu, vandals threw red paint at the bus, in an act descibed by Kelantan Menteri Besar Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat as "disgraceful" to people of Kelantan.

-Harakahdaily