THE move to cut out the face of Dr Mahathir Mohamad from an election campaign billboard was inappropriate, said Umno vice-president Hishammuddin Hussein.

Bernama reported Hishammuddin as saying that although the billboard violated the laws and regulations, there was still a more appropriate way to deal with it.

“I neither like nor agree with the move. I don’t know who did it. It could have been the local authorities or Election Commission. But whether the face is that of an opposition leader or ours, I still think such an act is inappropriate.

“If the billboard is unsuitable, just take it down. Cutting out a face from an election billboard is really something that I will personally not agree with,” he said after meeting and mingling with the Orang Asli community at Kampung Berasau, Kahang, Kluang, today.

Hishammuddin, who is also the incumbent of the Sembrong parliamentary seat, said this in response to the video circulating on social media yesterday which showed a local authority officer cutting out the face of Dr Mahathir, the chairman of Bersatu, from an election campaign billboard in Ayer Hitam.

The EC had previously outlined that only pictures of party presidents and deputy presidents could be used on election campaign materials, with other individuals not allowed. – May 1, 2018.