Jelasnya sabitan kes dan hukuman berkenaan yang telah dilaksanakan sepenuhnya itu, tidak bermakna beliau tidak boleh mengambil bahagian dalam pilihan raya negeri.
Permatang's controversial candidate representing the PH-BN alliance Mohd Yahya Sahri said Perikatan Nasional (PN) has no business criticising him for his past conviction because Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had also served "jail time" in the past.
