KUALA LUMPUR - An Umno lawmaker called tonight for Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan to be hanged for the “treasonous” act of organising the April 28 Bersih rally for free and fair elections, which the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) has claimed was an attempt to topple the Najib administration.
Sri Gading MP Datuk Mohamad Aziz compared the Bersih chief to leaders of the Al-Ma’unah militants who tried to overthrow the government in 2000 and were eventually sentenced to death by hanging for “waging war against the King,” the first people to be convicted of the offence.
“Shouldn’t we also hang Ambiga (picture) for treason towards the Agong? Traitors should be punished as harshly as possible,” the four-term federal lawmaker told Parliament when debating the supplementary supply bill.
The Tabung Haji director, who has previously accused opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim of planning bloodshed and death at the rally, added that he was “willing to spill my blood for this country” to roars of approval from his fellow backbenchers.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has also accused Bersih of an attempted coup and Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein has said there were elements in the rally who wanted to instigate death and bloodshed.
The government has set up a panel to investigate the April 28 violence, but the choice of former police chief Tun Hanif Omar, as panel head, has been widely criticised after he compared the movement to communism and accused the organisers of trying to overthrow the government.
The April 28 rally that saw tens of thousands gather at six different locations before heading to Dataran Merdeka was peaceful until about 2.30pm when Ambiga asked the crowd to disperse.
But her announcement was not heard by most of the crowd who persisted to linger around the historic square which the court had already barred to the public over the weekend.
Just before 3pm, some protestors breached the barricade surrounding the landmark, leading police to disperse the crowd with tear gas and water cannons.
Police then continued to pursue rally-goers down several streets amid chaotic scenes which saw violence from both sides over the next four hours.
Several dozen demonstrators have claimed that they were assaulted by groups of over 10 policemen at a time and visual evidence appears to back their claim but police also point to violence from rally-goers who attacked a police car.
The Al-Ma’unah group had audaciously stolen weapons from an army camp in July 2000 before finally being cornered and forced to surrender in Sauk, Perak.
Mohamed Amin Mohamed Razali, who led the band of 29 men, was hanged six years later, followed by three other leaders of the terrorist group.
Prior to an earlier Bersih rally held on July 9 last year, a group of Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) activists were also arrested on suspicion of planning to wage war on the King.
The move gained widespread condemnation and the last batch of six PSM leaders were only freed from detention 28 days later before being charged for subversion just days later.
By Shannon Teoh ( June 26, 2012)
Please Mr. Aziz, I beg you to continue with your accusations and calls for death. As soon as Ambiga's neck is touched, Malaysia will fall and so will BN/UMNO. No need for GE. It will be Malaysia Spring for sure. Tell me who has waged war against the Agong's? I swear no allegiance to the Agong. Who is he to me.
ReplyDeleteMore threats issued by Umno BN to people who oppose them.
ReplyDeleteAmbiga, If you are hanged, I will do my part to finish up Sri Gading MP Datuk Mohamad Aziz..I promise you that.
ReplyDeleteOur laws does not hang people with no reason, so worried for what?
DeleteThe decision is not in Aziz's hand.
ReplyDeleteDidn't expect Sri Gading MP would say like that. He must be so perfect.
ReplyDeleteEmotional I think..
DeleteIf she done wrong then the reason to hang her is strong enough.
ReplyDeleteBut the right decision should be done.
ReplyDeletekenakan saja tindakan pada ambiga. .sapa suruh buat kekecohan.
ReplyDeletetapi kalau sampai nak gantung tu rasanya agak keterlaluan. apapun, bawa masuk court dan biar court yang tentukan hukumannya.
Deletehukuman biarlah setimpal.
DeleteThis MP is merely trying to get free publicity for himself so that he will not be over looked to be a winnable candidate. But what he said is making fool of himself n Umno. As a MP what he questioned should make sense but this guy is acting like a moron
ReplyDeleteCakap saja bah, bukan juga Ambiga akan dikenakan tindakan.
ReplyDeleteAmbiga hanya tahu melapaskan kesalahan kepada orang lain, rusuhan pun dia salahkan penyokong2 Bersih dan gelarkan mereka perusuh.
DeleteBersih telah menimbulkan huru hara
ReplyDeleteHoi, anak PTI boleh balik ke negara asalmu.
DeleteUMNO = PENDATANG HARAM!
Lain kali kalau mahu membuat perhimpunan pastikan peserta dapat dikawal dan bukannya seperti apa yang berlaku.
ReplyDeleteKalau kita tengok memang BERSIH ini tidak patut disokong. Kerana BERSIH dikawalan oleh politik Pembangkang dan menjual NGO.
ReplyDeletememang dikawal oleh parti politik pembangkang.. kalau tidak, takkan la mereka sendiri menghasut rakyat untuk turun berdemo.. hinggakan Nik Aziz sendiri mengaku sanggup membayar peserta2 perhimpunan asalkan tujuan mereka untuk menumbangkan kerajaan..
Deletekalau Bersih buat lagi perhimpunan jalanan nanti, saya harap para anti-Bersih sama2 turun ke jalanraya.. berperang la kita semata2 untuk memberikan Anwar jawatan PM..
ReplyDeleteSri Gading MP Mohamad Aziz had retracted a remark on the issue of having Bersih 3.0 co-chairman S. Ambiga hanged for treason, although it was decided that he was not wrong in the matter.
ReplyDelete"I am a disciplined individual, mine is a disciplined party. If it had hurt the feelings of my Indian friends, MIC and PPP leaders, and in the spirit of understanding within the BN, I retract the remark," he said.
ReplyDeleteMohamad made the retraction after Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar asked him to although it was decided that he had not committed any wrong as he had merely posed a question instead of making a statement and that it did not constitute a threat nor was it racial.
ReplyDeleteEarlier, Lim Guan Eng (DAP-Bagan) asked Wan Junaidi to determine the action to be taken against Mohamad for having made the remark during the debate on the Supplementary Supply Bill 2012 allocation for the Home Ministry.
ReplyDeleteWan Junaidi had said that Mohamad had not committed any wrong by posing the question.
ReplyDeleteMohamad had remarked by asking "Are we not to assume that Ambiga is a traitor to His Majesty, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, and should be hanged?"
ReplyDeleteMohamad, in retracting the remark, hit out at Lim, who is also DAP secretary-general, saying the latter had raised the issue in the political interest to garner the support of the Indian community.
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ReplyDeleteLim, who left the house after Mohamad had spoken, was also criticised by several BN MPs including Rahman Dahlan (BN-Kota Belud) and Bung Moktar Radin (BN-Kinabatangan).
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