SHAH ALAM -- Unidentified people hurled two petrol bombs at the Barisan Nasional (BN) election operations room in Sekinchan near here early today, triggering a fire at the front portion of the building in Parit 9, Baroh, Sungai Leman, police said.
Selangor Police election spokesman SAC Hasanuddin Hassan said the 4 am fire destroyed some BN flags and banners.
The police found two glass bottles with petrol at the scene but there was no attempt to break into the building, he told a news conference at the Selangor Police headquarters here.
Villagers woken up by the incident notified the owner of the building located on private land, he added.
This is the second case of an arson attack on a BN election operations room. Last night, an explosion occurred near the Nibong Tebal BN election operations room in Penang.
Hasanuddin advised all quarters involved in the 13th General Election (GE13) to inform their supporters not to resort to criminal activities in the run-up to polling day on May 5.
He said that since nomination on April 20, the police had launched investigation into 44 minor cases related to the election, such as removing and damaging flag poles and torching and tearing up party flags.
The police also received 14 reports on political 'ceramah' held without a permit, he added.
-Bernama
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