MERSING: The Mersing Umno Division office in Jalan Ismail, here, is believed to have been broken into after some valuable equipment from the premises were found missing.

       Mersing Division Puteri Umno chief, Rina Farhana Abdullah said she only realised the break-in at about 8am on Monday when she and a staff member were about to start work and they found the main door not locked.

       "The door was damaged and a woven white bag containing six Nokia mobile phones, 10 SIM cards, Johor election data, staff consolation vouchers and a file containing the list of names as well as staff attitude report were missing.

       "However several laptops near the bag were not taken and the office looked normal and not messy," she said when contacted by Bernama on Monday.

       Meanwhile, Mersing district police chief, Supt Cyrill Edward Nuing confirmed receiving a report on the incident and said it was being investigated. - Bernama