Are We Living In The Jungle

Thuggery and low down scums. These are the only words to describe those UMNO Youth that had caused a raucous at parliament recently to protest against MP Karpal Sungh (for whatever reason). Had my son been a party to the incident, he would have got a tight slap from me.

Even if they had so much hatred for Karpal, they had no right to take the law into their own hands and do something that might physically hurt Karpal. What can a crippled person do to defend himself. Nothing……virtually nothing. This is an act of cowards. Is this what UMNO teaches you to do? And certainly your elders did not teach you to behave like this…..did they? You have the courts to seek justice. Go there with your lawyers and launch a report against Karpal. This will be the most civilised thing to do.

As a Malay, we ought to be ashamed at what UMNO Youth had done. It has only brought disrepute to the Malay race and religion. If UMNO Youth feels strongly that they need to be bloody, please go to Palestine or Afghanistan. Our Muslim brothers there will certainly welcome you. 

We are surprised that the security guards at parliament did nothing to prevent this incident. They had tarnished the sanity of the august house and smeared the good name of the country. Is this the democracy and tolerance that UMNO preaches? Never mind if Karpal is a Sikh or whatever. He still has his civil rights as a Malaysian citizen; just like anyone of us and that includes UMNO Youth. These are things that UMNO seemed not to learn. I am quite sure the Indian community (Sikhs included) are angry, and I am absolutely certain that more Indian/Sikh votes are lost by this stupid incident.

Let us be civil and respectful of the freedom and liberties of individuals. Just because Karpal is judged to be 'kurang ajar' or call him by whatever name, he does not deserve to be rough-up. Please allow the rule of law to prevail; not the rule of the jungle.

Mohd Arshad Raji
Kajang