PAKATAN Harapan candidate M. Manogaran’s mistake in wearing a shirt with the coalition’s logo while inside a polling centre has earned him criticism online and resulted in Election Commission chairman Azhar Azizan Harun being trolled.

Pictures of Manogaran being escorted out of SK Senderut in Jelai, Cameron Highlands, during polling this morning, are going viral.

Manogaran was wearing a shirt with the PH logo, in violation of the Elections Offences Act, which disallows any display of party symbols inside a polling centre 

On Twitter, user Firdaus Azim said Manogaran should know better as he is “veteran” at contesting elections.

“As a veteran (former Teluk Intan MP + three times contesting in Cameron Highlands), this shouldn’t be happening. Law is still a law.”

Among those who tweeted the photo of Manogaran was Umno Youth chief Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki, who slammed the Election Commission and Azhar of being biased.

“This is clearly against SPR (EC’s) rules. Or the rules don’t apply to PH because its chairman is a staunch supporter?” Asyraf said, tagging the EC’s twitter handle at @sprgovmy.

Former Gerakan leader Ivanpal S. Grewal retweeted Asyraf’s posts, taunting PH for their “proclamations of purity” before coming into power.

“When you’re in power, do as you please.  Forget the struggle, values, precepts and principles. Classic ‘I’ve won, I can do what I want’.”

EC chief Azhar was tagged in another post by Wan Agyl Wan Hassan, who asked whether he could still say that the commission under his leadership was better than it was under the Barisan Nasional.

“Is this what @Art_Harun is proud of, that the EC under him is better than before? The @pakatanharapan candidate has clearly violated election laws. Is this allowed because he is from a government party, so he can do whatever he wants?

Azhar was reported telling The Star at SJK (T) Ringlet that the EC took immediate action by asking Manogaran to leave the voting centre.

He agreed that the display of party emblems within the grounds of polling centres was against election laws, and added that neither party logos nor campaign materials could be allowed within 50m of the polling centre.