The Selangor ADUN for Port Kelang was a reluctant PKR candidate to start with? It may seem incredible until we read Raja Petra's account...
On Polling Day, Badrul won the Port Kelang state seat and, for the first time in history, Kampong Raja Uda went to the opposition. However, when it came time to announce the winner, Badrul was nowhere to be seen. They rushed to his house to see whether he was home but it appeared like no one was home. They knocked on his door anyway and for a while no one stirred. They continued knocking and soon a very sleepy Badrul came to the door. He had been sleeping. While the votes were being counted Badrul was at home fast asleep.
Badrul had a very confused look on his face. You won, they told him. Get dressed and come to the counting centre. They need you there to announce the winner.
Badrul remained silent. Quickly, get dressed. You won. You need to go to the counting centre.
I won? Badrul could not believe what he heard.
Yes, you won, quickly, come with us. You need to be there.
The signs that something was not quite right with this man already showed on Nomination Day and Ronnie told me he was a bit worried about this guy. He went to the nomination centre without any money and could not pay the deposit. So they quickly did a collection to help raise the deposit by passing the hat around.
After Badrul had been sworn in as a State Assemblyman, he ‘disappeared’. Instead of spending time with the other Pakatan Rakyat Assemblymen or the Member of Parliament, he was seen almost every night having dinner with the Umno people. He was mingling with the Umno people and staying away from the Pakatan Rakyat people.
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Kampong Raja Uda is N47 Pandamaran under Ronnie Liu and Badrul Hisham is representing N46 Port Klang (Pelabuhan Kelang). Kampong Raja Uda does not come under the constutuency of Badrul. Please tell RPK to correct the error or check out with Ronnie Liu. I was at the Chinese Temple at Port Klang when RPK came to campaign for Badrul Hisham. So happen the Chinese temple is adjacent to Kampong Raja Uda. During the last election, BN (MCA) won the electoral counting at Kampong Raja Uda polling station but the Chinese voters in Pandamaran voted for Ronnie Liu (DAP) and surpassed the numbers and Ronnie won. it is also the first time, Kampong Raja Uda fall into the hand of Opposition and the Kampong especially the Mosque is in complete turmoil now.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info, but the gist of Raja Petra's article remains convincing that Badrul had never been sincere as PKR candidate and elected representative.
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