The Red Shirt Leader,
Mohd Jamal had urged the government to immediately resolve the non-Malay
monopoly in Petaling Street and the sale of counterfeit products in the place
which is also known as the Chinatown. He warned that the coming Saturday may
end up in riot if the government failed to do anything about this issue. The Red
Shirt Rally also known as ‘Himpunan Melayu Bersatu’ (Assembly of United Malays)
who is mostly made up of Malays supporting the present ruling elite party,
UMNO. They had a gathering on September 16 wearing Red T-Shirts to show support
to the Prime Minister and to send the message to the organizers of Bersih 4.0
that the UMNO has strength too.
Jamal said that if the
authorities do not take action, there’s a 99% chance of another rally on this Saturday
and possibly might turn up into riot. He said that he had already met with the Chief
Director of Enforcement (KPDNKK) and made his requests pertaining to the
matter.
Jamal had earlier
claimed that Petaling Street is monopolized by the Chinese and urged the area
be shared with the Malay traders. Most of the Chinese traders there are not in
favour of his request and suggested so that Jamal would seek from the
authorities to open the space for the Malay traders to trade in a different
location.
Previously, on September
16, Jamal’s group from the Red Rally had met the brunt of the FRU when they tried
to enter this area during the rally. The Police only gave permit to gather for the
Malay martial arts, PESAKA at Padang Merbok but these Red Shirts took matters
into their own hands by going to prohibited places. The Red Shirts started
calling the Police force Chinese lackeys ‘Barua Cina’ for not allowing them to enter.
When they Reds started to throw bottles and cones at the Police, the FRU unit
fired the water cannon seeing the Reds running helter skelter at all
directions.
Coming Saturday
apparently happens to be the third day of the Hari Raya Aidiladha, a day Muslims
celebrate religious festival. The mayor has not approved the rally which is
scheduled to be on Saturday.
What I don’t understand is that
initially when the idea of Red Shirts started off; it was more to show the strength
of the UMNO supporters. Now it seems to divert to Petaling Street. This street
had for decades been a Chinese traders’ area and also a popular tourist centre.
Why now the sudden focus in this area?
What really is the agenda of
Jamal behind these claims? His focus seems to be shifting from business and now
to creating a riot. Isn’t this a seditious claim by Jamal? Datuk Seri
Khairuddin was detained today under SOSMA Act under section 124K and 124L where
he could be detained without trial for up to 29 days. These acts are only enforced
on a person who is deemed to sabotage the nation. How is Dato Jamal seen here?
Isn’t he also doing something that is detrimental to the nation or is he going
to walk around scott free to do the damages he so desires.
This Jamal fellow is like loose
cannon. And loose cannons should not only be monitored, but the right action
should be taken before the cannon bursts out and make irretrievable damages to
the nation. I don’t think this fellow has the best interest in the nation and
it is high time the authorities step on the pedal to do something about this
loudmouth as there are only 2 days left for the D-Day.
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