'I saw a man with sickle at Kedah mosque fracas'

A PKR leader who was at the Alor Setar mosque which was stormed by Perkasa members last weekend said he saw a man carrying akerambit (a small sickle).

According to PKR central leadership council member Abdul Rahman Yusof (left), the man was carrying it in the front pocket of this vest.

“I saw that he  kept touching thekerambit.

“I feared that if there was a blackout, something terrible might happen, but luckily the emergency lights kicked in when the power went off,” he said.

Masjid al-Hussain in Seberang Pumpung was stormed by Perkasa members after Maghrib (dusk) prayers on Sept 2, as Perkasa was unhappy that PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim was giving a religious talk (tazkirah).

Perkasa has claimed that their action was to stop mosques from being abused for political reasons.

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