Man held at polling centre after scuffle

MInsider | Just half-an-hour after Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim voted at Sekolah Rendah Seri Penanti, a scuffle broke out between police and a bearded man in a PKR T-shirt.

The man was handcuffed and taken to the nearby Kubang Semang police station at 10.30am after stepping beyond a safety line imposed by police to separate opposing party supporters.

The fracas had caused an elderly woman who had just stepped out from the polling centre to be knocked down.

With a crowd of about 1,000 present, the narrow dual carriageway leading to the polling centre has been choked as both Pakatan Rakyat and Barisan Nasional supporters continue to flock to the area, resulting in five FRU trucks moving in at about 10.25am.

Meanwhile, at SK Seberang Jaya, where BN candidate Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah had voted promptly at 8am, supporters of both camps continue to lob verbal volleys at each other but there were no reports of violence.

On Penang Island itself, a roadblock has been set up on the road leading to the Penang Bridge, causing all motorists heading out of the island to slow to a crawl even though police are not stopping anyone.
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