Khairy gets death threat over July 9 rally

 

(The Star) – Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin and secretary Datuk Megat Firdouz Megat Junid are the latest individuals to have received death threats in connection to the planned July 9 rally.

Khairy, who received the SMS death threat at 12.18am Sunday, condemned it as a “cowardly” action.

He expressed disappointment that there were certain parties who wanted to provoke Umno Youth.

“But [we are] all the more resolved to carry on. We will not be threatened by cowardly threats,” he told The Star in an SMS interview before leaving on a flight to Gaza.

Khairy, who tweeted that he had received a disturbing text message at 8.17am, said he did not want to speculate on who sent the SMS.

However, he said the message could have been intended to either intimidate Umno Youth to cancel its plans or provoke members to be violent at the rally.

“Could be either intention,” he said.

When contacted at 11am Sunday, Megat Firdouz said he was on the way to lodge a police report in Putrajaya.

He said he did not understand why other parties were trying to stop Umno Youth from marching on July 9.

“This shouldn’t be happening. We are holding a peaceful rally and we’re not going to fight anybody,” he said, adding that he had received the SMS at 1.13am on Sunday.

He said the party would abide by its modus operandi of conducting a peaceful, well-mannered march despite any attempt to instigate it to violence.

Bersih 2.0 chairperson Datuk S. Ambiga and several others had received death threats earlier this week warning them against the “Walk for Democracy” rally on July 9.

Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hussein had said he would personally ensure the police investigated the matter.

Bersih 2.0, Umno Youth and Perkasa have announced their intention to take to the streets in three separate illegal rallies on July 9.