The Malaysian Insight

RUMOURS that Anwar Ibrahim was denied entry into a Hindu temple was false, his aide said.

His political secretary Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak said the Port Dickson by-election candidate refused to enter the temple as there were two groups arguing over his programme.

“There were two groups that were arguing with each other but he said he will not be going in if they continue to fight,” he told The Malaysian Insight when contracted.

A video of Anwar being denied entry into a Hindu temple has gone viral on social media.

In the video, two men were seen arguing in front of Anwar, the PKR-president elect then proceeded to leave the temple as he did not want to partake in the argument.

Anwar is on his campaign trail, going to various places like temples, mosques and restaurants on his walkabouts.

The former deputy prime minister is in a seven-way battle for the seat. He is up against five independent candidates – Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, Isa Samad, Lau Seck Yan, Stevie Chan and Kan Chee Yuen – and air force veteran Mohd Nazari Mokhtar of PAS.

The Port Dickson seat fell vacant after Danyal Balagopal Abdullah, of PKR, quit as MP to make way for Anwar, who is attempting a Parliament comeback.

This is in line with Pakatan Harapan’s plan to have him take over from Dr Mahathir Mohamad as prime minister.

In the 14th general election, Danyal got 36,225 votes, defeating Barisan Nasional’s Mogan Velayatham and Mahfuz Roslan of PAS, who received 18,515 and 6,594 votes, respectively.

The Port Dickson seat has 77,750 voters where the breakdown is 43% of Malays, 33% of Chinese, 22% of Indians and 2% of others. – October 7, 2018.