TV PAKATAN RAKYAT

PKR claimed today Umno supporters attacked Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s car in Sembrong, Johor last night before the opposition party’s de facto leader was due to speak at the PKR division headquarters there. Secretary general Datuk Saifuddin Nasution told a press conference between 50 to 80 teenagers on motorcycles threw stones, sticks, water bottles, rotten eggs and firecrackers at the Mercedes-Benz while at least 20 uniformed policemen stood by and watched. “These 15 to 18-year-olds are known to locals as Umno supporters. They did it in front of police who did not act at all until the car’s windscreen broke. “Police did not stop the Umno thugs. This happened in the constituency of Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein,” the Machang MP said, questioning if police failed to act to protect the political position of the minister in charge of the force. He said the 11.30pm attack disrupted the ceramah, which drew a crowd of nearly 3,000 from proceeding. Opposition leaders also accused police of failing to stop dozens of youth from disrupting a Anything But Umno (ABU) ceramah in Shah Alam last month. But Shah Alam police said they only arrived after the clashes in which a man was hospitalised took place as “we were not informed of the event.” Saifuddin said today “Umno gangsters” have been actively disrupting opposition events in Selangor, Melaka and Johor as the ruling party is “not under pressure and has no choice but to act violently to stop rising support for us.” ~themalaysianinsider.com~