Parents claim BN MP called them ‘keling’
(Free Malaysia Today) – One of the parents present at the ruckus in Parliament’s open senate lounge yesterday has claimed that a Barisan Nasional MP called them “keling”.
According to DAP’s Sungkai assemblyman A Sivanesan, the parent told him that Lenggong MP Shamsul Anuar had remarked: “Keling semua ini buat apa kat sini, bilik dah gelap ni, apa mereka mahu” (what are they doing here, the room has become dark, what do they want).
Sivanesan said the parents had come to Parliament with the hope of drawing Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s attention to the situation of numerous outstanding Indian students without scholarships.
“What transpired was embarrassing to the Indian community. The parents came to Parliament to show that they were not stupid or afraid.
“Their children have studied hard and excelled but instead of listening, we had these BN MPs humiliating and cursing them..,” he said.
Sivanesan said every year, a few hundred Indian students are “discriminated” against by the government in scholarship allocation.
He said the government should understand that the Indians were no longer interested in working as rubber tappers.
During the meeting between Pakatan Rakyat representatives and the some 100 disgruntled parents, Sivanesan said BN backbenchers Bung Mokhtar Radin (Kinatabatangan) and Idris Haron (Batu) had stormed in, and shouted: “Ini himpunan haram, keluar dari sini.’ (This is an illegal gathering. Get out!).
Motion filed against DAP MP
Sivanesan also revealed that Bung Mokhtar has filed a motion to refer DAP’s Ipoh Barat MP M Kulasegaran to the Parliamentary Rights and Privileges Committee over the incident.
