TAIPING, April 6 — With less than 12 hours before polling for the Bukit Gantang parliamentary election begins, Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Ismail Saffian found himself to be a victim today of what he claims is gutter politics.
He was forced today to deny his involvement with a Thai bar girl in a photograph allegedly taken of him in a border town in Thailand.
In a specially called press conference late this afternoon, Ismail said a doctored picture showing him with a girl in Southern Thailand was circulated to discredit his credibility.
“It was done by desperate parties ahead of the polling day tomorrow,” he told reporters.
Recently a booklet detailing Selangor state executive councillor from PKR Elizabeth Wong’s alleged sex scandal was also circulated.
Ismail, who is facing Pas’s Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin and an independent, also denied that he had written a letter addressed to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak apologising to him over corruption cases.
The ‘letter’ was also circulated in the Bukit Gantang constituency.
Ismail added that he was selected to be the candidate after he was cleared by the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC).
“I have strong evidence from MACC that I am clean and can contest here,” he told reporters.
Ismail later lodged a police report at the Simpang Police Station near here.
The campaign period for the by-election ends at midnight and the results of the polling which is scheduled to start at 8am tomorrow will be known by 10pm.
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