PKR to reveal strategy for Batu tonight, says Tian Chua

PKR to reveal strategy for Batu tonight, says Tian Chua

Sources say the party may have to endorse one of the independent candidates.

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Batu incumbent Tian Chua after the court hearing today. Tian Chua will know tomorrow whether he can contest in GE14.
KUALA LUMPUR:
PKR will reveal its strategy for the Batu parliamentary constituency tonight in its bid to ensure that the seat does not go to Barisan Nasional (BN), says incumbent Tian Chua.

“We will reveal it at a gathering at the Sri Perak flats,” he told reporters after his court proceedings today.

On nomination day last Saturday, Tian Chua was disqualified by returning officer Anwar Mohd Zain on the grounds that he had been fined RM2,000 by the court.

The High Court had fined him RM2,000 in March for insulting the modesty of a police officer by saying “stupid police” and other foul words outside the lobby of a hotel in 2014.

However, the PKR vice-president said neither the Dewan Rakyat speaker nor the BN MPs had questioned his status when he was fined RM2,000 by a High Court in 2010 for biting a policeman.

He had successfully filed his nomination papers and won the Batu seat in the 2013 general election.

Tian Chua filed an originating summons on Monday for the court to determine his legal status to contest in an election.

Meanwhile, party sources said PKR would have to endorse and support one of the independents, Panjamorthy Muthusami or Prabakaran Parameswaran.

“With six days left and Tian Chua’s legal status not determined, it is best to endorse one of the independents,” one of them told FMT.

The source added that Pakatan Harapan must win Batu as every parliamentary seat was important in the battle for Putrajaya.

In several media interviews, Panjamorthy, a former MIC member and Prabakaran, a 22-year-old law student, appeared to have agreed to abide by PKR’s policies.

Apart from BN, PAS has also fielded a candidate in Batu.

Tian Chua wrested the Batu seat from BN in the 2008 election.

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