Ansari falls into the sea… again
By Clara Chooi
October 29, 2010
Ansari (holding on to platform in the water) with his campaign workers after the tumble. - Picture by Jack Ooi
Ansari, who was on his campaign walkabout in the fishing village, fell several meters into murky seawater just as he was about to step into a villager’s home.
He had been trailing behind Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim who, unlike him, made it without getting himself wet.
As he stepped onto the rickety platform leading into the house, Khalid told the others who were following behind him to stand back and wait for Ansari to cross.
“Cukup, cukup, cukup (enough, enough, enough),” Khalid told the men, noticing that the two-meter wide bridge was shaky.
Despite this, the three men followed Ansari and the platform gave way, taking all four men down together.
Ansari, in his attempt to break his fall, managed to cling on to the wooden platform’s edge before tumbling into the water.
He was later rescued by villagers who used a ladder to help him climb to safety. Ansari, clearly shaken, left the village shortly after the incident for a medical check-up.
“I am fine but it is just for precaution,” he told The Malaysian Insider after his fall.
He added that this was proof of the decrepit conditions of Batu Sapi villages.
“Their walk to their home daily is like a walk through a field of land mines,” he said.
The traumatised-looking Ansari added that the incident should not have happened and insisted that it was not merely a campaign gimmick on his part to appeal for sympathy votes.
“You saw what happened. It was nothing to do with me. Like before, I walked on the platform and someone else followed, causing it to fall. I guess it is in the hands of God,” he said, before he was whisked off to see a doctor.
Seri Setia assemblyman Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad told The Malaysian Insider later that Ansari had suffered chest pains and a minor knee injury from the incident.
He said another man who fell with him, Selangor PKR election director Zakaria Rahim also suffered some minor bruises.
“I think it is unfortunate that some people are saying that this is a gimmick by us. You were there, you saw what happened, so unless we unscrewed the planks holding the platform up, it is impossible that we had something to do with this,” he said.
He echoed Ansari’s view that the incident was proof of the living conditions of Batu Sapi folk.
“This is what the residents have to endure everyday. No doubt, they are used to it, but it does not make it any less bad,” he said.
Nik Nazmi added that it further highlighted PKR’s theme in the campaign that there was a desperate need for a change in government, not just in Sabah but in the whole country.
“Unlike in other places where the states are rich and the people are rich, the Sabah state is rich but the people are poor.
“The disparity is very huge and it highlights the fact that they need a stronger voice for them and a change of government in Sabah as well as in Putrajaya so that they can have renewed hope for a better life,” he said.
Two days ago, Ansari took his first tumble when he was visiting Api-Api island off the coast of Sandakan.
During that incident, Ansari fell after a wooden platform attached to the jetty gave way and collapsed into the sea.
Ansari is facing Barisan Nasional’s Datin Linda Tsen Thau Lin and Sabah Progressive Party’s (SAPP) Datuk Yong Teck Lee in the contest for Batu Sapi in Sabah.
The seat fell vacant when Tsen’s late husband, Datuk Edmund Chong Ket Wah who was the constituency’s two-term MP, died in a tragic biking accident on October 9.
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chujee · 10 hours ago
may you win and bring change to Sabah!
Yong Teck LIE cannot be trusted at all! after what he had done to the state!
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gojo · 10 hours ago
jatuh sekali, mungkin unlucky. can happen to anyone. ini jatuh DUA KALI dalam SATU MINGGU? kesiannnn.... Khalid escaped unscathed. Fenghui tak bagus ni Ansari.
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dream team · 10 hours ago
Aku bikir nasib Ansari tak "qualify" jadi calon... sia-sia nanti kali 3 pulak!!!! kesiannnn....
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Marsmellow · 7 hours ago
mungkin ada orang "sabotage" kot?
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ayob · 10 hours ago
berat dosa ni....
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kozekx · 9 hours ago
ya, betul. berat dosa bn kpd rakyat sabah ni..
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Abdulsaid · 8 hours ago
Berat dosa orang yang tak baiki jambatan tu. Nak tunggu peruntukan 'royalti minyak' ke?
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thesea · 10 hours ago
He is either in amongst the sea of change or the Sea Bajau or a very good stuntman looking for a bit of sympathy or just loves to swim as soon as he casts his eyes on the water. Whatever it is, he should now build himself a boat and lives by the sea, ever happily after. BN or PR or SAPP, they are all the same. Sabah has changed governments quite a few times, each time they got the same rotten ones. That's the story of their misfortunes. It would have been the first state to reach developed status in Malaysia if not because of bad karma. Shame! What to do? Bad habits die hard in this land.
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kozekx · 9 hours ago
ooh, I didn't know PR had govern Sabah before. When was this, dear thesea?
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mamakfella786 95p · 10 hours ago
walau eh..kesian...
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Sean · 10 hours ago
See told you Malaysia network cannot accommodate more than 1MB per second
"without wetting himself" is more detail than I want to know. I think falling twice like that in such a short time would make me incontinent too. Do you mean "without getting wet"?
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AsukaX · 10 hours ago
Hmmm....maybe he should send out people to test the walkways and bridges before he does...?
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MindlessMalaysian · 10 hours ago
Ansari - we trust you will bring meaningful change for the folks at BatuSapi.
Does not matter how many times you fall, as long as you keep trying - the rakyat will always pull you up somehow.
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peekay47 · 8 hours ago
This shows how poor the condition in Batu Sapi. How can the authorities be so blind to allow the poor folks there live in such bad condition? Time to bring changes there.
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Emily Pratt · 10 hours ago
It is time for Ansari to lose some pounds at the midsection...
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dick tracy · 10 hours ago
brader,kalau jatoh pertama unlucky,kedua fungshui tak elok tapi yang ketiga ong pada PRK nanti!
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wakakaka · 9 hours ago
kekekeke .....
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Ordinary Citizen · 9 hours ago
Hope the humbling experience will make you a better leader when you win.
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vincent tan · 9 hours ago
Wonder why BN & SAPP's people are not falling??
May be they know those are the areas to avoid.
But it shows how much the government has (not) done!!!
Poor ordinary Sabahans are the ones risking their safety every day whilst the almighty UMNOputras are still spending millions to renovate their cosy (but leaking?) Putrajaya offices, build 100 storey (ivory) tower, charge taxes for watching Astro & raise service taxes that impact all including the poor after pouring millions down the drains of PKFZ, Perwaja, Bakun, ...
Why are we still keeping the government from falling????
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kanda · 9 hours ago
many warisan merdeka towers shoud be built sideways to provide safe passages and walkways for the poor sabahans
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jong · 9 hours ago
2nd warnin - hope he won't say he has not been warned! This is bad omen. Withdraw before it's too late.
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bak_zhang · 9 hours ago
Unlike you, he dares to take the risk to meet the people to cross the BN povertised bridge!
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ygbenor · 9 hours ago
Ini membuktikan rakyat Sabah telah ditinggalkan oleh BN Sabah. Titi untuk menyeberangi pun tak boleh di lakukan oleh UMNO Sabah. Tukar kerajaan baru di sabah itu shja jawapan nya.
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machang cowboy · 9 hours ago
What people say, misfortune comes in pairs. Watery fall is good fortune they say!!
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joeaang · 8 hours ago
I like what you said.
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Newchief · 9 hours ago
sabah cm musa boasts getting in touch with sandakan people especially of his kind. but how come there are still wooden bridges faling down ???? that clearly means HE LIED about only bn always taking care of the people !!!
GIVE NO VOTES TO LINDA because its still moruning period and yet she goes around like a superstar .... mind you ,,, if a widower like linda comes to you, you better sweep her away because she brings BAD LUCK TO YOU because the mourning period is NOT OVER YET !!!
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joe_mamak · 8 hours ago
Don't laugh at other people's misfortunes.
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Rivelino C Moinin · 8 hours ago
this means is bad feng shui for Hj Ansari,he lost so many times contesting in Tuaran and yet he wanted to contest in Batu Sapi which is 300km apart?is there any bloody brilliant contender from d Sandakan people that could contest under d PKR banner or is it Hj Ansari is favourite boy of DSAI and Azmin alone? DSAI and all MPP PKR,pls change your style of leadership,give autonomous power to MPN PKR Sabah and Sarawak to choose the best candidate for their constituency. in Batu Sapi the contender should be at least a Bajau (Simunul) or Idaan or Orang Sungai or Chinese Sandakan not rejected candidates from Tuaran.pls bear in mind that Sabah and Sarawak politics r different from Peninsula.pick local born candidates,DSAI and all MPP PKR
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Jon · 6 hours ago
ya btul tu..sukung ko berabis. Lagipun..it's not like we don't know Ansari. If want change, please lar get better candidates
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AlbertG · 8 hours ago
Sue the BN gomen. What have they done all these years under their rule. Ansari don't let it upset you. This is good omen. Sure win one. The other 2 candidates didn't even had the chance to get soak in sea water. We will share the joy when the results are announced come Nov 4.
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hehehe43 · 7 hours ago
albertG, ur so stupid.. sue the BN gov for broken small bridge infront of a house? its not even a gov project. 2 meters wooden bridge that has beeen built by the villagers to enter their house. Just finish ur SPM and shut up
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AlbertG · 3 hours ago
hehehe3, What about the jetty? Not the gomen's concern? The walkway to the house collapsed because the people are sucked up by the gomen that they can't afford to repair. But don't worry since this buy election BN will come repair the bridge.
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ColourBlind · 8 hours ago
Ansari's two falls have caught the nation's attention. Throughout east Msia, there are probably tenths or hundreds of such 'give ways' that went unreported everyday. How many are injured or even killed?
For those who believe in only BN can bring developments, think twice before you vote!
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tiffanystewart 69p · 8 hours ago
Ansari, hope you bring the winning trophy to PKR and kick SAPP and BN to the river!
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Ba Ba Blabk Sheep · 8 hours ago
Tolong lah Ansari balik semenanjung dengar segara.. Nampaknya nasib tak beberapa baik. Nanti kalau jatuh kali ketiga buaya makan lo. Cepat balik kampung buat kenduri dulu ma.
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Cakapbanyakba... · 5 hours ago
bablak sheep - nanti you sendiri kena dipangang!!!!! Shame on you idiot!!!
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cendawan · 8 hours ago
In case you are not aware, they send you another message.
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Rockeeter · 8 hours ago
Trust a potential YB to highlight how our public amenities are really like!!!!
I see no prophecy on his 2nd drenching experiece but the state of affairs under governing rule by a coalition that has no heart for the people.
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FengShui Master · 8 hours ago
Mr. Ansari, Its definitely a Good Omen! With my precise calculation of "Qi Chronology", the 2 fallings of yours would help winning the election with big majority over your fellow contestants. But remember to apply extra allocations from Mr. Najib so to fix the wooden platforms that you damaged!
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charles hew · 8 hours ago
Goes to show the previous PKR MP did not do anything to improve the livelihood of the people there. Let this be a lesson well learned and take care of the ppl's welfare. Don't just talk talk only
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borneoheadhunter 101p · 7 hours ago
Luck is to at the right time athe right place.. Ansari's incidents are no pure unlucky. It is sure God's sign for the people to change the government who made towers but did little for the poor folks...
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kingnek · 7 hours ago
the signs are clear, his campaign would be dead and buried, a true sign from God. why isnt the other 2 candidates falling into the sea? as the chinese say, fengshui no good
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hehehe43 · 7 hours ago
u guys really think ansari can bring change? kah kah kah... i know this guy for years, i dont why PKR put him.. ahhaha
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7tony · 6 hours ago
Ansari, it's ok to fall into the water to cleanse yourself from all the evils, but please don't fall during the counting of votes. God bless you.
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John H L · 6 hours ago
The waters in Batu Sapi due to BN neglect has always been in trouble and Ansari fell off the bridge over troubled waters.
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superspan 86p · 6 hours ago
Would this also be the state of the bakun Dam?
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UmNGOK-BeEnd 82p · 5 hours ago
Is this is how the BN looking after its rakyat. Wow really damn shame BN and yet can advertise in TV and madstream media as "membela rakyat". Really need to change the government ba!!
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aka Bulldog · 5 hours ago
Where is BN commitment to good governance for the people? It has been more than 45 years after ruling Sabah and they dont even have the means to built proper walkway? Boy, they have the guts to propose building 100 storey tower? What kind of irresponsible government is this? I wonder! Sabahans particularly Batu sapi voters and all malaysians need to wake up and vote BN out!
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tun sri lanang · 4 hours ago
A bad omen for ansari,better quit this election,come back the next elaction...BN gurantti menang punya ma,taking into consideration of the late Edmund..Cuma analisis aje..hope the poll results prove me wrong...!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Harris · 4 hours ago
Three strikes, and you are out ! Bad OMEN. Getout while you can !!!
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Za Bell · 3 hours ago
Semoga Hj Ansari akan menang Pilihanraya ini sebagai langkah pertama PERUBAHAN Sabah kearah lebih maju.Rakyat Sabah jgn lah HANYA MEMANDANG DUIT KEMPEN yg diberi UMNO @ mana2 pihak... RM 100 / 200 tidak bertahan walau semingu...UNDILAH CALON KEADILAN UNTUK MEMBAWA PERUBAHAN.
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Anak Selangor · 3 hours ago
You know why LINDA AND YTL don't get the chance to experience what ANSARI had? because they don't bother to go to such small island where the no, of voter are very small.As we can see on TV3/4 news,they show the broken walkway in one of the kampong nelayan.Immediately, they called for new concrete bridge to be built.One thing is no LINDA face was around and the funny thing is that kampong is BN stronghold for years. True what ANSARI said CM,DCM and BN wakil rakyat come from Sandakan yet amenities could not be provided.Shame and stupid for sabahan who still vote for BN.Don't ask for others syampathy if you don't syampathize for you ownsake and generation to come.Don't dream of autonomy etc if simple fact also you can't reconize
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Herbert · 3 hours ago
Yong TecK Lee will lose until deposit is gone. Below 100 votes. BN will win by 80% and PKR will be the eventual with 90%. That's the final prediction. Ple let this apperas.
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