Title-calling, vandalism amongst violations being probed by police as Malaysia GE15 marketing campaign heats up 

In the meantime, in Penang, police have opened investigations after a person claiming to be a gangster created a ruckus on the Bukit Bendera Barisan Nasional (BN) operations room.

“The police report claims that the suspect mentioned all marketing campaign flags have to be positioned by means of him and he should obtain cost,” mentioned Mr Hazani. 

The suspect additionally threatened to trigger disturbances within the space if the marketing campaign workers didn’t pay up, mentioned Mr Hazani, including that the case was being investigated as an extortion case.

The Star quoted him as saying that not less than 10 circumstances of vandalism involving marketing campaign supplies resembling torn and broken posters, banners and flags have been reported in numerous states in addition to in Kuala Lumpur, Sabah and Sarawak. 

He additionally mentioned that police have opened 22 investigation papers and arrested 4 suspects for holding talks with out legitimate permits.

“We arrested one suspect in Penang and Kelantan whereas two others have been arrested in Johor,” he mentioned, including that 177 talks have been held with out correct permits on Tuesday.

He mentioned Negeri Sembilan was the state with the best variety of rallies with out permits, with 39 recorded there. 

Different states resembling Perak and Selangor additionally reported a excessive variety of circumstances the place rallies have been performed with out permits. 

General, there have been greater than 3,400 campaigning rallies that have been held with legitimate permits, with states resembling Sabah having the best with greater than 600 rallies with permits. 

Johor and Perak additionally recorded a excessive variety of greater than 400 rallies held with permits. 

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