SHAH ALAM – Several Selangor candidates in the 15th general election (GE15) have postponed their campaigning to visit flood victims in Meru, Klang, Kapar, and Shah Alam.
Smart Selangor Operation Centre said as of around 9pm, three temporary flood relief centres were opened including at SK Johan Setia, Klang where 147 flash flood victims are taking shelter.
However, it said data on the number of victims evacuated at the other two centres, namely SK Sg Binjai in Meru and Kg Budiman public hall near here were being collected.
Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari who is also Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate for the Gombak parliamentary seat, and Perikatan Nasional (PN) candidate for the Kapar parliamentary seat Dr Halimah Ali have cancelled their campaign activities to check on the flood situation in the affected areas.
The Gombak election secretariat for the PH candidate said Amirudin cancelled his campaign event after Isyak prayer tonight to visit the flood-hit areas and coordinate efforts to expedite aid distribution to the victims.
Meanwhile, a representative of the Kapar PN candidate said Dr Halimah’s campaigning tonight had been postponed so that she could visit flood victims in Meru.
Khairy Jamaluddin, who is Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate contesting the Sg Buloh seat, posted on his Twitter his visit to flood-hit Taman Setia Warisan near here.
Meanwhile, candidates in the Kota Raja parliamentary seat, namely Mohamad Sabu (PH-Amanah) and D. Kajendran (BN-MIC) also went to the ground to visit flood victims at SK Johan Setia and Taman Desawan respectively. – Bernama, November 10, 2022
