PERAI: A Human Rights Party (HRP) member has accused Penang Deputy Chief Minister II P Ramasamy's aide of threatening and shoving him.
During last Thursday's incident, A Govindasamy, 45, claimed that Ramasamy’s political officer Satees Muniandy had also tore HRP flyers and leaflets.
Govindasamy said he was distributing the flyers in conjunction with the opening ceremony of the HRP service centre in Perai to restaurant patrons in Perai Jaya around 6pm when Satees, accompanied by several youths, confronted him.
In his police report, Govindasamy claimed that he was verbally abused and Satees had put his hands on his chest and pushed him.
“He then snatched the flyers and leaflets and tore them. He also threatened to come to my house with several people,” he added in the report lodged with the Perai police station on the same day.
Govindasamy also alleged that the youths accompanying Satees warned him that they would come to the HRP service centre during the opening ceremony.
HRP secretary-general P Uthayakumar officially opened the service centre on Sunday without any untoward incidents.
Meanwhile, HRP adviser N Ganesan claimed that several strangers had threatened party workers who were carrying out renovation work at the HRP centre last week.
Satees blames HRP member instead
When contacted, Satees confirmed meeting Govindasamy at the restaurant but denied that he threatened or pushed the HRP member.
Instead, he accused Govindasamy of provoking several Ramasamy’s supporters in the restaurant when he criticised the deputy chief minister while distributing the flyers,
“I tried to diffuse the commotion when the angry supporters confronted him,” said Satees, adding that he has explained the matter to the police.
However, HRP's Ganesan alleged that Satees was “twisting and turning” the incident.
"Satees is lying, it is a fabricated story of the incident. He committed criminal intimidation on our party member without provocation," he said.
The HRP service centre is in the Perai state and Batu Kawan parliamentary seats. Ramasamy is the elected representative for both seats.
No comments:
Post a Comment