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Tensions ran high during an altercation between some 100 Pakatan Harapan supporters and about 50 officers from the local police and the Malacca City Council (MBMB) Saturday afternoon, according to Bukit Katil MP Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin.
The PKR vice-president said the incident occurred as party members and Harapan supporters were busy setting up for a state-level Hari Raya open house to be held near the Dataran Bukit Baru in Malacca town tonight.
"The officers came and told us to take down the (party) flags.
"They also said that we were supposed to apply for the council's approval to use the area," he said when contacted.
At about 5pm, Shamsul had tweeted an apology for any inconvenience caused during the planned function as the organisers were still unable to set up any tents.
"I and the others in @Keadilan have a limit to our patience.
"Don't push it until I run amok towards MBMB this evening. Let us go down @AMKMalaysia," he said in a series of tweets.
Shamsul later told Malaysiakini he eventually resolved the incident after negotiations with a representative from the mayor's office.
Shamsul said the organisers did not apply for permission as they were informed by sources that it has yet to be gazetted as a parking lot administered by the council.
He added that the council had rejected the organisers' application to use an adjoining area under its administration, allegedly due to the fact that it would be blocking the main access road.
Malaysiakini has been made to understand that MBMB officers were still at the site at around 6pm.
Shamsul, however, insisted that the function will go on as planned.
On Thursday, Malacca Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia Youth chief Ramlan Meon had claimed that a group of MBMB officers were among those involved in an alleged assault against him.
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