HULU SELANGOR, May 5 — All parties must give room for police to investigate two men who allegedly displayed the image of Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar during the Kuala Kubu Baharu (KKB) by-election campaign.
Selangor Pakatan Harapan chairman Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari urged the public not to speculate, as it could disrupt the ongoing investigation.
“I urge for an investigation to be conducted… Perhaps their intentions were different, but their motives must be thoroughly investigated,” he said after an Aidilfitri gathering with prospective haj pilgrims from the district here today.
Hulu Selangor police chief Ahmad Faizal Tahrim in a statement today said cops detained two men in their 60s and seized a four-wheel-drive for displaying the image of the King during the KKB by-election campaign yesterday.
Meanwhile, Amirudin refuted allegations by Selangor Perikatan Nasional chairman Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali that the state government had increased assessment rates by up to four times.
The Selangor Menteri Besar said any proposal for tax increases by the local authorities would need approval from the state government, considering the feedback received.
“Perhaps he (Azmin) was desperate and had no other issue to use in the by-election campaign, so he resorted to sensationalising issues like this. Assessments are necessary for property valuation.
“If property values decline, it’s a bad sign, but if property values increase, it may require a slight increase in taxes and so forth,” he said.
Earlier, on behalf of Selangor Menteri Besar (Incorporated), or MBI, Amirudin presented a replica cheque for management fund contributions to Parent-Teacher Association representatives from 54 schools across Hulu Selangor, with each school receiving RM1,000.
He also presented a replica cheque totaling RM222,000 from MBI as a contribution to 222 prospective muassasah haj pilgrims, each receiving a RM1,000.
— Bernama
