Party leader robbed during interview in East Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 (Xinhua) -- A Malaysian political party leader was
robbed in East Malaysia when he was doing an interview with a journalist, the
New Straits Time reported on Tuesday.

Sarawak National Party President Edwin Dundang was forced out of his car by
two armed men on Monday in Miri, a city in the Sarawak State, when he was having
a telephone interview with the journalist from a local daily.

Dundang was talking about the preparations for a local by-election in his
car when the robbers approached the car and sped off with it.

Local police said that Dundang was not hurt.