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From NST:
Bukit Selambau assemblyman V. Arumugam has lodged a police report that threats have been made on his life and that of his family if he did not leave PKR and join the Barisan Nasional.
The state PKR deputy chairman, who is also state Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Committee chairman, lodged the report at the Sungai Petani police station yesterday afternoon.
He said this was not the first time he was lodging a report with the police over similar threats, purportedly by agents of Barisan Nasional.
Arumugam, a former Royal Malaysian Air Force officer, said there were attempts to “kidnap” him last October.
“Many people approached me and asked me to defect to BN while others threatened me to do so.
“I will not budge. I was elected under the PKR ticket and I vow to stay with the people who have elected me into office.”
He said last December, someone smashed the windscreen of his official car with a brick which carried a note threatening his life if he did not defect to BN.
He said the latest incidents involving the two Perak PKR assemblymen compelled him to make public the threats on his life and family.
“A few days ago, some people approached me with lucrative offers to leave PKR.
“All these are very scary and I want the police to investigate all my complaints,” he said, adding that yesterday’s report was his third with the police since last year.
From Malaysiakini:
Amid the political turmoil in Perak, a PKR elected representative in Kedah has filed a police report claiming among others that there was an attempt to kidnap him.
Bukit Selambau assemblyperson V Arumugam also claimed that he and his officers have received numerous threats.“All of this is being done in order to force me to leave PKR and move to Barisan Nasional,” alleged the state exco in a statement today.
Arumugam had filed the police report at the Sungai Petani district police headquarters this afternoon.
Apart from the alleged ‘kidnap’ attempt last November, the assemblyperson claimed that he had also received threats via the telephone.
“On Dec 12, there was an incident where the windscreen of the official exco car (Proton Perdana) was smashed and there was a note containing a threat which was tied to a brick.
“A few days ago, several individuals had approached me with lucrative offers in order to coax me into leaving PKR,” he said.
According to Arumugam, the latest incident involving two PKR assemblypersons in Perak had motivated him to make this matter public.
“I am worried that if I do not come forward, then the safety of my family would continue to be threatened.
“I also call on the police to investigate all my police reports since March 2008 and take the necessary action,” he added.
