Activist's boycott call a cheap publicity stunt, says PKR man

Activist Arun Dorasamy’s call for Indian voters not to vote in the by-elections in Pulai and Simpang Jeram on Sept 9 has been blasted as “cheap publicity” and will only undermine the election process.

Amidi Abdul Manan, who heads PKR’s Religious Understanding and Excellence bureau, said in a statement today that Arun (above) should not have made such a call and linked it to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s recent role in the Islamic conversion ceremony of a young man.

“This is a call that is...