Pahang DAP chairperson Leong Ngah Ngah said today unhappiness over a seat the party conceded to PKR led to an incident where several members threw eggs at him while he was attending a function with DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang.

Leong told Malaysiakini that DAP had given up the Damak state seat in Pahang to PKR during the 12th general election in 2008.

"The DAP contested in Damak in 2004. In 2008, we did not have a candidate so PKR contested the seat.

"Now to take back the seat is very difficult," said the Tanah Rata assemblyperson, adding that some grassroots members were unhappy as they wanted their favoured candidate to contest the seat.

Leong ( photo ) said DAP had not held any activities in the area for some time and it was only yesterday that several individuals crashed their coffeeshop talk session in Jerantut.

"Kit Siang was sitting beside me. They suddenly rushed in and shouted at both of us. They were becoming aggressive, so I stood up.

"They threw the eggs at me, but our ceramah still went on after that.

"I think the big problem is only these few people. They expected their (favoured) candidate to contest in the election," he said, adding that the group proceeded to take down a DAP banner in the area.

The Star Online had earlier reported that the grassroots members' wanted the party to field Koh Boon Heng as its candidate for Damak in the 2013 election.

Koh went on to contest as an independent candidate in a four-way battle against incumbent Lau Lee from BN, PKR's Jamaluddin Abd Rahim and another independent candidate Mohd Nor Jaafar.

Koh reportedly lost by a narrow margin of 64 votes against Lau, who successfully defended his seat with 7,905 votes.