A threat has been sent to PAS Merlimau candidate Yuhaizad Abdullah and several other top state PAS leaders, claiming that there will be violence if they continued on their campaign trail.

The threat, received last night by Yuhaizad, Malacca PAS secretary Harun Mohamed and PAS Merlimau by-election operations director Jasme Tompang, was sent by a group calling itself “Geng Jebat Derhaka”.

NONE According to the police report lodged yesterday by Harun, the text message sender said that more car windows would be smashed if the Pakatan Rakyat ceramah sessions continued.

“Geng Jebat Derhaka will continue to rampage at Pakatan ceramah which has been the stage used to break up the Malays.

“If you do want incidents like in Chinchin and Jalan Pahlawan, where car windows were smashed, to recur then do attend the ceramah .

“But warning, the safety of your vehicles are not guaranteed,” the sender said.

Harun said the same person had also sent an earlier text message deriding PAS spiritual leader Nik Aziz Nik Mat for allegedly taking a bribe in the form of sponsorship to perform the haj.

NONE The SMS threats follow incidents of thuggery after PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim’s speech in Permatang Serai on Wednesday, where several vehicles were vandalised.

Today, PKR Youth chief Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin ( centre in picture ) lodged a police report stating that the car Anwar was travelling in was attacked at about 12.30am, after the event, as he was heading to Batu Gajah.

Two other escort vehicles were also hit with blunt objects. The cars sustained dents.

'Do you feel safe?'

Yesterday, Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the Merlimau by-election was the safest he has experienced, while the Permatang Pauh one was the worst.

Responding to this at the press conference, PAS vice-president Salahuddin Ayub said: “Do you feel safe? I’m afraid to even drive my car to events.”

He added that the situation was a big contrast to the Tenang by-election, which was much safer.

“Perhaps it is a reflection of the values of their by-election director,” he said in a snide remark against BN by-election director and Malacca Chief Minister Mohd Ali Rustam.

Tensions were also high in Permatang Pasir yesterday when BN and Pakatan events took place side by side, with jeers and taunts from the BN side.

galas by election pas pays rm250 301010 abdul halim abdul rahman On a separate matter, PAS claimed that it has been approached by individuals saying that some people have offered them money to act as “phantom voters”.

PAS election director Abdul Halim Abdul Rahman ( left ) said that they included students from a local polytechnic and community colleges who are not Merlimau voters, who have been given fake identity cards with Merlimau addresses, presumably on the electoral roll.

“We hope that by highlighting this the perpetrators will know that they have been caught and will not continue with their plans,” said Abdul Halim, adding that he believes 45 percent of the Malay voters were silent PAS supporters.

In another development, Malacca CPO Chuah Ghee Lai told reporters that police have thus far not identified any suspects in their investigation intp the lewd leaflets involving doctored photographs of Pakatan leaders, given the short period of the investigation.

The by-election has so far seen 43 police reports being lodged and and the police have since opened 16 case files.

Chuah admits it is difficult for police to find forensic evidence in the cases involving vandalised vehicles and said that it would be tough to investigate if there were no eyewitnesses.