Umno youth beaten when hanging flags
(The Star) – TELUK INTAN: A member of Kampung Bahagia Umno Youth branch suffered injuries on his left cheek after being set upon by a group of men in front of Kampung Bahagia mosque here.
The victim, Kamaruddin Ahmad, 40, was injured after he was punched repeatedly by the assailants.
Teluk Intan Umno Youth division chief, Yuzaile Yusuf said the incident at 11pm yesterday took place when Kamaruddin was putting up flags and posters at the Barisan Nasional election operations room.
He said it was believed about 50 people suddenly appeared and attacked the eight Umno Youth members who were carrying out their tasks.
Kamaruddin said he did not know the reason for the attack.
“We do not know why these unidentified people who were wearing t-shirts with PAS logo attacked us,” he said when met after making a police report at the Hilir Perak police headquarters, here tonight.