Nurul Izzah denied entry to Sarawak

PKR vice president Nurul Izzah Anwar has been denied entry to Sarawak upon her arrival at Miri Airport this morning.

An earlier statement by a Sarawak PKR spokesman had said the Lembah Pantai MP was stopped at Sibu Airport, but later corrected the statement and location to Miri Airport.

Nurul Izzah, in her Twitter, expressed shocked at her being halted by authorities and posted up a photo of the notice of refusal entry issued to her by the State Immigration Department.

Shocked 2 b deported despite sending in a letter to CM. Continuous arbitrary abuse of powers accorded 2 state pic.twitter.com/UWowuPR37Q
— Nurul Izzah (@n_izzah) May 2, 2016

Nurul Izzah, who is also PKR national election director, had on April 29 appealed to be allowed entry into Sarawak via a letter to Sarawak Chief Minister, Tan Sri Adenan Satem.

It is understood that Nurul Izzah's presence in Sarawak was to help PKR campaign for the upcoming 11th State Election slated for May 7.

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Besides Nurul Izzah, several other Opposition leaders were also previously barred from entering the state, including Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo and Sekinchan assemblyman Ng Suee Lim, both from DAP.

As for Selangor MB Datuk Seri Azmin Ali and Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, they were both allowed limited stay by the state authorities.