MELAKA: PAS’ Bukit Katil candidate had a moment of panic when he discovered that he came to the nomination centre without a black pen.

       Al-Hafiz Yahya realised this when he was about to enter Dewan Tun Ali, the nomination centre for the constituency. Only black ink is accepted for filling up and signing nomination forms.

       Accompanied by Mohammad Shahril Abd Aziz and Ghaffar Baba Ahmad as his proposer and seconder respectively, the candidate looked momentarily stunned as they were about to enter the hall.

       It was learnt that none of the three had a black pen with them.

       A member of the media then came to their rescue, loaning Al-Hafiz his pen.

       Prior to that, Ghaffar’s MySejahtera application showed his status as an “asymptomatic casual contact”, causing further concerns among the group until an Election Commission officer confirmed that they were allowed to enter the hall for the nomination process.

       Al-Hafiz, along with his nominee and supporter, arrived at the nomination centre at 8.49am.