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Malaysian Cops concerned over violence All Over Malaysia

PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The rivalry between supporters of political parties has escalated in the run-up to the May 5 election, in what police described as "alarming".
Cases of violent acts and attacks on political party buildings are being reported throughout the country, the police say.
So far, 906 police reports have been lodged on elections-related incidents since nomination day on April 20, including explosions at rally sites, arson at party operations centres and physical attacks and threats made against party workers.
The police have expressed concern over the violence, and urged party supporters to refrain from getting involved in provocative acts.
Inspector-General of Police secretariat assistant head Asst Comm Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said 25 people had been arrested since nomination day.
"On Wednesday alone, 247 police reports were lodged, mostly involving violent incidents.
"It is very alarming. We call on party supporters not to resort to violence to settle their differences," he said on Thursday.
On Tuesday night, a 57-year-old party supporter in Dungun suffered head and body injuries after he was attacked by a group of nearly 30 rival party supporters in a dispute over party flags being brought down by enforcement teams.
A party supporter in Besut was threatened with a machete and warned by villagers not to come and campaign in their area.
In Tapah, a man was beaten and scolded over a misunderstanding about a political party, while in Klang, a man was choked and received death threats over an argument about rival political parties.
In Kota Baru, part-time RTM cameraman Mohammad Yaakob, 61, died of a suspected heart attack after he was involved in an alleged scuffle with a PAS supporter on Monday night.
In Penang, a 53-year-old hawker was beaten up for removing flags put up outside his house last week.
In Buntong, Perak, a Molotov cocktail was thrown at a Barisan Nasional operations centre on Thursday.
On Wednesday, a petrol bomb was thrown at a Barisan operations centre in Sungai Besar, Selangor, while a Barisan operations centre in Malacca was broken into.
In Parit 9, Sungai Leman, Sekinchan, Selangor, a bottle of gasoline was hurled at a Barisan operations centre, causing a small fire and damaging a party flag and an Election Commission (EC) banner.
The worst case so far was when a Barisan campaign worker was injured by an improvised explosive device which exploded next to a Barisan rally tent on Tuesday.