JOHOR POLLS | Johor Bahru Umno chief Shahrir Samad has mocked Hamzah Zainudin, who is from Perikatan Nasional (PN), after the home minister mistakenly turned up at a BN event.
Shahrir, who was at the BN event, shared photographs of Hamzah on Facebook being sheltered under a BN umbrella when he arrived in the rain in Larkin, Johor yesterday evening.
"While we were having a Johor Bahru meeting with Housing and Local Government Minister Reezal Merican at Flat Garuda (Larkin Flat on Jalan Garuda) in Larkin, PN's strong man lost his way to our meeting place," Shahrir said.
Shahrir said the Bersatu secretary-general was supposed to turn up at a different event nearby.
"There are two possibilities how Hamzah lost his way.
"One is the police (escort) provided the wrong information to the pilot.
"Second is Hamzah's entourage is still excited after their 'enjoy-enjoy' event at Austin Hill," he said.
Shahrir also attached a picture of Hamzah attending a Chinese dinner at Austin Hill in Johor Bahru last Friday where risque dance performances at the event had caused controversy with Bersatu's more conservative partner PAS.
PAS had demanded the organiser of the dinner to apologise for showcasing the dance performances to Muslim leaders in PN.
PN chairperson Muhyiddin Yassin, who also attended last Friday's dinner, had implored the Chinese community not to fear PAS, claiming that they have not pursued the hudud agenda after joining the government.
PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man declined to weigh in following Muhyiddin's comment.
The events were held in conjunction with the Johor polls. Campaigning kicked off on Feb 26 and Johoreans will vote on March 12.
BN, led by Umno, has dark blue for its logo while PN, led by Bersatu, has a lighter shade of blue. Coincidentally, both Umno and Bersatu have red as their party colours.
Muhyiddin is seeking to replace BN as the new ruling coalition.
Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has repeatedly complained about Bersatu and PN "stealing" their colours. - Mkini
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