CAMERON HIGHLANDS: A small war of words erupted between Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional supporters at the polling centre at SJK(C) Brinchang around 11.30am.
The incident occurred when DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang with some Pakatan supporters were crossing the road near the polling centre, when they apparently strayed into the 50m boundary outside the school.
A couple of supporters were wearing party t-shirts or carrying bamboo sticks with flags.
This transgressed election campaign rules.
In the end, after all the proclamations of purity it comes to this – When you’re in power, do as you please. Forget the struggle, values, precepts and principles. Classic “I’ve won, I can do what I want.” And some day they’re a million times better than BN! 
When asked about the incident, Lim, dressed in a light pink button-down and brown slacks, said he was just walking around.
A group of Barisan supporters nearby then began heckling the group, shouting such lines as “50 metres!” and “Balik lah!”
Others, such as Umno supreme council member Datuk Armand Azha Abu Hanifah, heckled the group, shouting whether they knew election campaign laws and the 50m boundary.
“Are you government now or opposition? If you don’t know the law, go learn it first” Armand jeered at the group.
Some Barisan supporters began whipping out their phones to record the exchange.
A few blue-clad supporters also tried to snatch the flags away from the Pakatan supporters.
Uniformed police also converged on the scene to move both groups away from the polling centre, which had just been visited by Election Committee chairman Azhar Harun 30 minutes before.
Manogaran told to leave voting centre for wearing shirt with party logo
CAMERON HIGHLANDS: Pakatan Harapan candidate M. Manogaran was asked to leave a voting centre here for wearing a shirt with his party logo.
Election Commission chairman Azhar Azizan Harun said the display of party emblems within the grounds of polling centres was not allowed under election laws.
“We have taken action by asking him (Manogaran) to leave the voting centre.
“Under the rules, nobody is allowed to exhibit party logos or distribute campaign materials within the voting area as well as 50m away from the centre,” said Azhar to reporters, after visiting a voting centre at SJK (T) Ringlet here on Saturday (Jan 26).
Umno Youth Chief Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki posted two such photos on his Facebook account, pointing out that Manogaran had committed an election offence.
– ANN
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