According to Sin Chew, Gerakan deputy president Oh Tong Keong confirmed that the party was not invited to attend the ceramah, which was also attended by PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang.

“As far as I know, this event, which was hosted in a Malay-majority area, was only intended for PAS leaders and members. Their target audience was probably the Malays,” he said.

Oh said Gerakan and PAS had an amicable relationship but the incident had led to grouses from the party’s grassroots.

“But we are not fighting. Gerakan has no issue with Penang PAS, its chairman, its secretary-general or its other leaders.

“In politics, it is normal for party members to voice their dissatisfaction (from time to time),” Oh said.

Lau is PN’s candidate for the Bayan Lepas seat in Penang.

Previously, a group of PAS grassroots members protested against Lau’s candidacy in Bayan Lepas, saying a PAS member should be fielded instead to contest the Malay-majority seat.

Subsequently, PN announced that its presidential council had decided that Lau would be fielded in Bayan Lepas.

Lau has dismissed claims that PAS grassroots were not supporting him, saying some local leaders came to show their support for him on nomination day.

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