DAP lifts Manoharan’s suspension
By G Vinod, FMT
PETALING JAYA: The DAP leadership has decided to set aside its decision to suspend M Manoharan for talking about the national flag on his Facebook account.
On September 16, Manoharan, who is also Kota Alam Shah assemblyman,, had written on his Facebook saying that the Jalur Gemilang flag should be modified claiming the national flag resembled the Barisan Nasional coalition flag.
The DAP assemblyman went on to say that he had distributed the DAP flags instead of the national flag on Malaysia Day as he did not have the “heart” to wave the national flag.
Manoharan was subsequently slapped with a six months suspension on September 27 by the party’s disciplinary committee for his offensive remark.
In a statement today, its central executive committee (CEC) said Manoharan’s suspension was lifted as he had shown remorse by issuing an apology for his remarks.
“And he had also deleted his Facebook statement,” reads the statement.
Meanwhile, the CEC upheld the party disciplinary committee’s decision to suspend a Johor DAP leader for abuse of power.
