Ansari takes another plunge into the sea

Seemingly calamity-prone PKR candidate Ansari Abdullah took another splash into the sea after a bridge gave way. After falling victim to a jetty that collapsed on Wednesday, PKR candidate for the Batu Sapi by-election Ansari Abdullah again fell into the sea again after a wooden walkway gave way. batu sapi by election ansari in bandage 291010Ansari was visiting Kampung Gas, Sandakan - a fishing village with houses on stilts above the sea - this afternoon when the incident took place. Ansari was following Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim into a house when the platform connecting the walkway collapsed. The rather wet lawyer-politician was later whisked away to Duchess of Kent Hospital for medical attention. He emerged with minor injuries to the knee and chest, and resumed his campaigning, saying, "Imagine the life of the poor and the kids who have to use this bridge everyday?" According to PKR communications director Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, three others fell from the collapsed platform together with Ansari. All three suffered only minor injuries. He revealed that Khalid too had a close call. He managed to hold on to one of the pillars on the house right before the platform collapsed. Accident, not gimmick Nik Nazmi laughed off suggestions that Ansari's second water accident in as many days was a bad omen. “I'm not superstitious as I am a Muslim, but the two incidents definitely shows how bad the condition in Sabah is. Why should they live this way?” he asked. Nik Nazmi also brushed off Kota Belud MP Abdul Rahman's Dahlan's allegations on Twitter that Ansari's two dips in the water was a gimmick. “This is a clearly an unfortunate accident. There is no way that this is a gimmick. Ansari was quite shocked. He was traumatised," he said He quipped that no calamity ever befell Ansari whenever Malaysiakini was within the vicinity and thus its reporters should follow him around more. On Oct 27, Ansari, his campaign manager Oting Enchi and an NTV7 journalist fell into the sea after a wooden jetty at Pulau Api they were on collapsed. Nobody was hurt in the incident. The lawyer managed to make his way to dry land soaked and unscathed, but his mobile phone and digital camera - valued at RM4,000 - were damaged. Meanwhile, according to Bernama, PKR election media manager Jumin Jeffrey Masuling said that Ansari, the Selangor menteri besar and other campaigners were visiting a house built on stilts. "Khalid had crossed the walkaway to the house and Ansari was following him. But before Ansari could get to the other side the walkway collapsed and he fell into the sea. "He clung to a wooden plank. Five campaign workers tried to pull him up but fell into the sea as well," the Tuaran PKR secretary was quoted as saying. Ansari and the others were rescued by villagers, Jumin added.