DAY 6 | Today is the sixth day of campaigning for the Sungai Bakap by-election.
Pakatan Harapan candidate Joohari Ariffin is up against Perikatan Nasional’s Abidin Ismail in a straight fight.
The polling day is on July 6 while early voting is scheduled for July 2.
We will report from time to time from the ground.
Nearly 100 of Harapan’s campaign materials replaced with PN’s
3pm: Sungai Jawi, Nibong Tebal - A PKR leader claims that 91 of Pakatan Harapan’s campaign materials have either been damaged or replaced with Perikatan Nasional’s.
Speaking to the media after lodging a police report over the matter, Penang PKR Youth chief Muhammad Fadzli Roslan says that 53 flags and 38 buntings have been removed.
“We have given all the evidence (to the police) including pictures,” says Fadzli.
The youth leader later advises both coalitions’ machineries to compete healthily without provoking each other.
Chinese voters a key to victory: Joohari
2.40pm: Nibong Tebal, Sungai Bakap - Pakatan Harapan’s candidate Joohari Ariffin acknowledges that the Chinese voters in the constituency will be a deciding factor on who wins the upcoming by-election.
“I’m confident that I will receive the support of the Chinese community based on the promises received during my campaigns.
“With that support, I believe I will win Sungai Bakap comfortably,” Bernama reported him as saying after meeting with Chinese voters at Kampung Baru Wellesley last night.
The Sungai Bakap state seat consists of 39,279 voters, of which Malays are at 59.4 percent, followed by Chinese (22.5 percent), Indians (17.4 percent), and others (0.7 percent).
Umno supporters will back Harapan candidate- Ahmad Maslan
10am: Sungai Duri, Nibong Tebal - Refuting the opposition’s claim, a deputy minister says that tens of thousands of Umno supporters will back the Pakatan Harapan candidate Joohari Ariffin on polling day for the Sungai Bakap by-election.
Deputy Works Minister Ahmad Maslan was responding to a media inquiry on whether Umno members will back the PKR candidate.
“There (more than) 5,000 people are registered as Umno members. Umno supporters are more than that, maybe tens of thousands,” he told reporters after attending Harapan rally in Sungai Duri.
Previously, Negeri Sembilan Umno state liaison committee chief Jalaluddin Alias said that there are 5,800 Umno members in Sungai Bakap who are also voters in the area.
8am: Kampung Kepala Gajah, Simpang Ampat - Perikatan Nasional’s candidate Abidin Ismail says he is confident that Umno supporters will continue to vote for him.
“Insya-Allah, our movement is strong, they (Umno supporters) are still confident in us.
“We had also visited them. Alhamdulillah, they still remain positive,” he said after attending a group ceramah session in Kampung Kepala Gajah, Simpang Ampat, yesterday.
He added that his campaign trail has peaked at 50 percent in terms of voter reach out in just five days. - Mkini
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