Two female student activists have accused Umno members of pulling their tudung (headscarf) while the former were distributing anti-BN pamphlets in Pekan this afternoon.

Norfatehah Ahmad, 23, told Malaysiakini that two men, who identified themselves as Umno members, surrounded her and a female friend and confiscated their pamphlets.

The incident NONE took place at the Mydin supermarket at 3pm. She said the two men also tried to drag them to the Umno building which is located several hundred metres away, by pulling her hand and tudung .

"We resisted them. After that they pulled my hand again and threatened to do something to me if I didn’t follow them," the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) student said.

"They even showed their fists to us and warned us not to be in Pekan (constituency). I was so afraid that I cried."

After calling their friends for help, the two were escorted away by two locals and rejoined their colleagues 30 minutes later.

Pekan parliamentary constituency is represented by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

In a related incident, about 30 Umno supporters seized and burned pamphlets on 'Students letter to Pekan residents' which a group of 20 students were distributing this afternoon in the royal town of Pahang.

NONE When contacted, Solidariti Mahasiswa Malaysia (SMM) secretary Ahmad Shukri Kamaruddin said one of the Umno supporters wanted them to leave Pekan the same day.

He told Malaysiakini that the man told them: “It is our prime minister’s area. We are protecting this area. You get out from Pekan now.” They also hurled abusive words at the students, added Ahmad Shukri.

At around 5pm, the students retreated to a PAS operations centre outside the town, but the group of Umno supporters, said to number 50 people, followed them there and surrounded the centre until 8.30pm (at press time).

In a text message, Ahmad Syukri told Malaysiakini that the Umno supporters came in about 10 cars and on several motorcycles. 

After villagers came to help the student group at the centre, he added, the Umno group left the vicinity but remained some metres away.

"We managed to get a bus to ferry out the students from Pekan tonight," Ahmad Syukri said, adding that they have to leave for Kuala Lumpur for "security reasons".

The student group planned to be in Pekan to distribute the pamphlets for a week until Sunday.

NONE On Tuesday, Ekhsan Bukharee Badarul Hisham (left) , 21, was punched and slapped at Kampung Datuk Keramat, Ganchong, while delivering the students’ pamphlets.

The following day, two male students and two female students had complained that five youths on motorcycles surrounded them, with one pointing a machete at them.

The pamphlets contain the message that the Pekan constituents should "relieve BN after 55 years of rule".

Additional reporting by Abdul Rahim Sabri

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