Police arrested Sept 16 red shirt rally organiser Datuk Jamal Yunos on
Friday night. Kuala Lumpur CID chief Senior Asst Comm Datuk Zainuddin Ahmad
said Jamal was detained at the Ampang Jaya police station where he gave a
statement to the police. "We arrested him under Section 105 of the
Criminal Procedure Code to prevent a crime from occurring over his alleged
statements that riots would occur in Petaling Street," Zainuddin told The
Star Online.
It is learnt that Jamal, the Sungei Besar Umno division chief, was
detained at 9pm Friday and is being held at the Dang Wangi police station. Earlier
in the day, Deputy IGP Datuk Noor Rashid Ibrahim said police would summon Jamal
to Dang Wangi to record a statement over statements he made on Saturday's rally
at Petaling Street.
Noor Rashid reportedly said police would not compromise with anybody
trying to organise the rally and would take a firm action. Police have warned
Jamal that he would be arrested if he was found culpable of instigating chaotic
situations.
On Wednesday, Jamal told reporters that the rally could take place on
Saturday if the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry failed to
act on complaints of illegal traders. He, however, later said he would not be
in Petaling Street on Saturday, saying he has nothing to do with rally. "I
am not involved and I am not going to be in Petaling Street," he said.
Asked if he has information if protesters will gather in Petaling Street
tomorrow, Jamal said he does not know. "I repeat, I am not involved in the
rally, so I do not know if one is really going to take place tomorrow," he
added. Jamal has said that he was present at the Sept 16 rally to counter the
Bersih 4 rally "as a middleman."
"The police asked me to help with dispersing the crowd and that is
all I did," he said adding that he did not organise the Sept 16 rally or
the one to be held tomorrow. He claimed the media had "spun" facts
about the rally against him. - ANN
Well,
it’s about time they lock this ‘loose
cannon’ for the sake of country’s safety against riot and destruction. Also, thanks to Dr. Huang who visited this street today and contributed his part in saving this place against threat of an impending racial riot. Syabas!!
Well done, PDRM.
China is against those who resort to violence to disrupt public order,
said the country's ambassador to Malaysia Dr Huang Huikang. "The Chinese
government opposes terrorism and any form of discrimination against races and
any form of extremism,” he told reporters during his visit to Petaling Street
on Friday.
Image above: Dr. Huang
Dr Huang warned that Beijing would not fear voicing out against incidents
which threaten the interests of the country, infringe upon the rights of
its citizens in doing business, or disrupt the relationship between Malaysia
and China.
During his visit, Dr Huang, his wife, along with other officials from
the Chinese embassy presented traders with moon cakes in conjunction with the
Mid Autumn Festival.
Image above: Dr. Huang posing along with the traders in Petaling Street
He was impressed that Malaysia's Chinatown was not run solely by the
Chinese but also comprised of traders of various races. "Business is good
here. There are many tourists. I am proud to see Chinese traders working
closely with Malay and Indian traders in harmony in developing this area,"
he said.
He added that it would be sad if the peaceful environment was
destroyed by those with questionable intentions, referring to the planned
red-shirt rally on Saturday. Dr Huang said he was confident that the police
would ensure public order.
On another note, he said the embassy was aware of the terrorist
threat at Jalan Alor as well as travel advisories issued by the US and
Australian embassies. "We will monitor the situation closely," Dr
Huang added. – ANN
Dr. Huang had voiced out his concerns following the threat from Ultra
Malays from the leading ruling coalition party, UMNO men Datuk
Jamal where the news reported him as saying that he will be organizing
another rally of at least 5000 people to this business area and the rally may
even possibly turn into a riot.
Sungai Besar Umno division chief Datuk Jamal Md Yunos
admits to knowing and having met actress Eina Azman but denies allegations that
he attempted to rape her.
According to Jamal, as a businessman who owns an
entertainment company, it was obvious he would have met many artistes. “I know
many artistes because I am a businessman and I have an entertainment company.
“I know her (Eina) and many others I have met. I have
also met (Datuk) Siti Nurhaliza before, as well as other artistes,” he said
after lodging a police report outside the Ampang Jaya district police
headquarters here, today.
Image above: Jamal says he did not do it
The report was lodged following various slanders being
thrown against him on social media, one of which included the claim that he had
attempted to rape the actress.
He added that the statement linking him as the
individual who had tried to rape Eina was not made by the actress herself. “I
don’t see it as a statement made by the artiste herself. “That was a statement
by someone else wanting to involve me. I have checked (but) the artiste never made any such statements.”
Commenting further on the reason for him lodging the
police report today, Jamal said at least 17 reports have been made with regards
to people slandering him on social media.
“I lodged reports on slander and lies on social media
which are not true and is getting more ridiculous by the day. “I also deny my involvement in things being alleged on
social media about Eina, about me wanting to spit at Tun Mahathir, about me
receiving RM3 million to organise the rally and many others.”
Well, as long as there are no statements recorded by the said artiste, or
involvement whatsoever, no reports, no press charges, no evidences, and no case
against anyone. Let’s just treat this as another ‘Bollywood Gossip Massala Thosai’
for time being. Until then, carry on loudmouth…
The country has done
well in the past 58 years of independence. And yes, it has its share of black
days too. Who wouldn’t forget the cursed incident that happened on one fateful
Friday the 13th, 1969 notoriously dubbed as ‘May
13’ incident. Strange that it may seem, numerological addition of 1969
would have the number 7 and again, addition of 13 (day) + 05 (month) and 1969
(year) would also provide you 34, which bring you back to the same number 7.
Sorry, I think my random thoughts just got diverted a bit.
This post is written
as a run up to the September 16 Red Shirt Rally by the pro-government
supporters tomorrow. The rally organizers decided to do this rally on Malaysia day. Although generally it appears that the people behind this
rally are made up of NGO’s but in truth, it is an open secret that most of them
are made up of UMNO members, which forms part of the Barisan Nasional (BN) party
from the present ruling coalition. In another words, the other side of the mask
behind Red Shirts are none other than UMNO. The Leader of the Red Shirt pack is
none other than Sungai Besar UMNO division chief Datuk
Jamal Md Yunos.
Image above: The leader of the Red shirt racist group, Datuk Jamal Md Yunos
How it all started
BERSIH (meaning CLEAN)
is a coalition for Clean and Fair Elections. They did a 34 hours rally from 29th
– 30th August, 2015. Since this is the fourth time they are having a
rally, it was known as BERSIH 4.0. Besides wearing Yellow T-shirt that reads
BERSIH, Their primary goals for having the rally for the fourth time is to call
for:
Free and Fair
Elections
A Transparent Government
The Right to
Demonstrate
Saving the Economy of
Malaysia
But prior to the
rally, they were met with a lot of hurdles and objections preventing for the
planned rally to take place. The Police did not approve the rally and there
were condemnations from the NGO’s who were pro-govt. This was when the Red
Shirts first made their comical debut appearance.
Image above: Red Shirts show off their martial arts skills to discourage public from supporting Bersih 4. They wanted to have a rally on the same day with Bersih 4 but was rejected by authorities for fear of untoward incidents.
Video: Prelude to BERSIH 4.0. Intimidation strategy that didn't work out for the Red Shirts prior to the Bersih rally. The video did not succeed to instill fear among the public against attending the Bersih rally. You can see them Red Shirts live in
action in the video above. They were beaten by stick and suddenly they start making inhumane noises and did some pretty odd things...
The outcome of the
rally:
Image above: Crowd marching during Bersih 4
Image above: Aerial view of the 'Yellow' Bersih supporters
Image above: A Bersih supporter with a placard with a message to the Prime Minister
Image above: Participants of 34 hours Bersih rally sleeping on the road during the night
Image above: Bersih protestors mocking the Prime Minister Najib on the alleged USD700 million (MYR 2.6 billion) in his personal bank account. The Prime Minister has said that the amount was donated to him from middle-east.
The BERSIH 4 officials
claimed that the rally was a success with a turnout of 500 000 peaceful rally
goers. But the pro-government begged to differ saying that actual turnout was
only 20 000 people. In fact, the current
Prime Minister, Najib Razak himself alluded that the figure was too small a
number that even the Felda settlers from the rural district can easily outnumber
this figure in following. There was a number game downplayed by the ruling
government in the major newspapers and the media owned by them. Speaking of
Felda, there is a planned assembly currently in question. It is allegedly
claimed that the Felda director-general was issued a letter to question
the legitimacy of a planned assembly of 20 000 people tomorrow.
But seriously, what
did BERSIH achieve from the goals outlined? If you see the previous goals,
there are some similarities in the goals outlined especially in regards to
transparency of government or the clean-up of the electoral commission. What
really changed? Nay, not much has changed ever since. So what about BERSIH 4 then? Result: Status
Quo.
'People Power' need to wait until the next General Election
Since then, the Prime
Minister has spoken!! He said that People Power must have to wait until the
next general elections in 2018. What about the charges on gerrymandering? If there’s
any truth, then the winning odds will be in favour of the present ruling
coalition, wouldn’t it? After all, isn’t the same ruling coalition had been in
power for the last 58 years? Furthermore, another 15 additional State seats had
recently been allocated with the approval of the Election Commission in rural Sarawak
where chance favours BN again. Isn’t this another pure co-incidence?
But can we dismiss the
fact that BERSIH 4 had no impact at all? No. The voice of the majority was
demonstrated through the masses who participated in the rally. Of course 80%
were made up of Chinese and the rest were Indians, Malays and others. That does
not prove that only the Chinese are supportive of the Bersih coalition. The
rally was conducted in KL city and major roads leading to starting point were
blocked by the Police. On top of that, civil servants did not want to take the
chance in the rally for fear of detrimental repercussions to their job status.
As for the students of Public Universities, they were also warned not to
participate. So, with all the ‘wet blanket’ thrown about, there was minimal
participation of the Malays in the rally. Another factor was the absence of PAS
movement members due to the break-up from the opposition coalition.
You shown us your might, now its our turn
So, now that the
Bersih 4.0 is over, the Reds feel that it is their turn for the show of
strength. The way they have been carrying themselves about the coming rally was
so disturbing and alarming that many have begun to resent and oppose their
views and actions including ex-Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohammad who defended
Bersih 4 and scorn
against the Red Shirt. Meanwhile, other ex-ministers during his era such as Zam
Maidin and ex-Trade Minister Rafidah
Aziz had also chipped in to criticize the present status. Even the recent
ousted Deputy Prime Minister who was replaced when he questioned the PM Najib about
the origin of the USD700 million into Najib’s personal bank account says that
holding the rally is not the
best way to defend the Malays. He was a man who once said, I am a Malay first
and a Malaysian second.
Loss of business Petaling Street, a popular shopping and tourist destination will be closed on September 16 due to safety concerns. Approximately 500 shops and 773 small traders lost a day's business because of the proposed rally.
Despite all the provocation
actions and talk by the Reds, now they are saying that 20 000 ex-army personnel
will be deployed at various undisclosed locations to protect the Malays from
the ‘imaginary phantoms’. The moment the Chinese or the opposition party DAP Chinese
start to attack, these ex-army men will then spring into action. Just before this, they were burning the effigy
of the Penang State Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng who is also the Penang State
Chief Minister. In response, the CM chided, you can burn my photo but don’t
burn the country. PM Najib’s former political secretary, Datuk Mohd Fatmi from
Kota Baru division made a fiery speech in which he is recorded to say,” The
people of Kota Baru must
fight, fight for our religion, race and country.”
Back-up for the Chinese
Meanwhile, in another interesting twist to the rally, another Malay NGO, who call themselves the 'Otai Reformis 98' have come forward with a message to the supporters of the Red Shirt Rally. The spokespersons for Otai, Abdul Razak along with 18 other Malay NGO's besides sending a memorandum to the King about their concerns on the rally, have also sent out a message to the Red Shirts that they will mobilize their people at the Chinese populated Petaling Street business area and will protect the Chinese from morning until midnight. If the Red Shirts still insist in coming, they will have to face us there.
The role of the Police Force
When Bersih proposed to do the rally, it was met with objection from the Police calling it uncivilized and racist but it was a different story for Red Shirt. When the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) granted permission to allow the Red Shirts organizers to have the rally at Padang Merbok, it was then declared as legal by the Police who clarified that it meets with the Peaceful Assembly Act. Yes, the Federal government controlled body does have its own favorites and can be biased with regards to decision.
Well, in less than 24
hours, we will know the outcome of the rally which is scheduled to take place
from 12pm – 6pm tomorrow. A recent poll conducted among Malay voters points out
that 53% do not support
the Reds while 24% showed support. Sometimes small fire if not curbed early can
spread into wildfires. Who has not forgotten the Low
Yat incident that almost turned into a racial riot barely two months back? A
phone thief twisted the story that a Chinese trader cheated him and within hours
few hundred Malays flocked in and attacked the Chinese with casualties. Luckily,
one of the Chinese reporters was saved by a Malay man. It is this type of
Malays who are not easily bought in by the slander, who represent the 53% who
do not support the Red movement. This is where it is hoped that the Police
Force will be there tomorrow to prevent any untoward incidents and take appropriate
right before things get out of hand. I hope commonsense will prevail against
emotions tomorrow.
