During his Kuching trip today, Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said that the intention by Pakatan Rakyat to contest under one symbol in the coming Sarawak election is just a ploy to hide their differences.      

He regarded as mere cosmetics by PKR, DAP and PAS to agree to contest under one symbol.      

hishammuddin home minister, seputeh division opening The Registrar of Societies (ROS) director-general Md Alias Kalil said his office had not received any application from Pakatan to register their symbol.      

Actually, even the setting up of Pakatan Rakyat had yet to be approved, he added.      

During the Kuching trip, Hishamuddin ( left ) also had a shock when his special officer Firdaus Ismail fell into a marsh when a wooden bridge leading to the dilapidated home of an elderly villager in Kampung Gersik collapsed.      

In the 4pm incident, Hishammuddin who had officiated at the closing of the ministry's Meet-Customers Day at Tebingan Boyan-Gersik-Sourabay (BGS) then toured the Malay village.      

While the visiting party was walking on the bridge with Ismail just behind the minister, the bridge collapsed with Ismail falling into the marsh, but he was pulled out by Rela members.      

A sum of RM40,000 has been allocated to repair four dilapidated houses in the village and also the collapsed bridge, says Bernama.      

- Bernama