Huan, who is PCM's candidate for the May 25 Bukit Gelugor by-election, said PKR can be labelled as "Parti Kelentong Rakyat".
‘Kelentong’ is the Malay word for taking the people for a ride or bluffing them.
"I am sure PKR members will be angry too if I call them that," Huan (right) said at his operations centre in Air Itam today.
"If I call PKR ‘Parti Samseng’ or ‘Parti Gangster’, they too will be angry," he added.
"Just look at the PKR elections. There is chaos everyday, they fight everyday, throw chairs here and there... all kinds of problems, everyday."
Huan was responding to incumbent PKR deputy chief Azmin Ali (left), who said BN has appointed PCM, which is ‘Parti Cari Makan’, as its proxy in Bukit Gelugor because MCA is not contesting the seat it has traditionally fought for.
Azmin said this when launching PKR's operations centre at Jalan Bingham, Bukit Gelugor, to help DAP candidate Ramkarpal Singh Deo, 38, in the by-election for the parliamentary seat.
Legal action to be looked into
Huan is facing Ramkarpal and two other Independent candidates, Mohamed Nabi Bux Mohd Nabi Abdul Sathar and Abu Backer Sidek Mohammad Zan, in a four-cornered fight.
Huan said he will be discussing with his members to see if legal action should be taken against those who label his party as such.
On the accusation that PCM is a proxy of the BN, Huan told his detractors to show proof, saying "that is the best, as anybody can talk".
He further criticised PKR leaders for wanting to "popularise themselves", especially during this season of the PKR party elections.
"They can say what they want, but I suggest PKR first resolves its internal problems that are circulated in the social media daily," he added.
Huan denied that he was angry about the labelling of his party as Parti Cari Makan, saying today is Wesak Day and one should remain calm.
"When I saw the story, I smiled, telling myself, here's another opportunity to sue someone," he quipped, laughing.
"Even yesterday, during the nominations, I heard people calling us Parti Cari Makan. We don't care."
However, Huan (left) is clueless as to why the Pakatan Rakyat attacked a small party like PCM.
The Bukit Gelugor seat fell vacant after Karpal Singh, who won the seat thrice since 2004, died in a car crash in Perak on April 17.
DAP candidate Ramkarpal, who is Karpal's third son, is a lawyer by profession.
Malaysiakini
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