{"id":13192,"date":"2015-07-07T11:05:47","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T03:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/?p=13192"},"modified":"2015-07-07T11:05:47","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T03:05:47","slug":"apologise-for-uncouth-behaviour-dap-johor-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/apologise-for-uncouth-behaviour-dap-johor-demands\/","title":{"rendered":"Apologise for uncouth behaviour, DAP Johor demands"},"content":{"rendered":"

KUALA LUMPUR, July 6: DAP Johor has demanded an apology from Umno for the “uncivilised’ and “boisterous” behaviour which disrupted the party’s ongoing series of talks, \u201cForum Kedai Kopi\u201d.<\/p>\n

In a statement today, DAP Johor chief Liew Chin Tong said text messages were found and disseminated amongst the local citizens a day prior to the event\u00a0on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\"Azman<\/a>

Azman Jaafar, who is believed to have started the fracas.<\/p><\/div>\n

Among others, DAP Parliamentary leader and Gelang Patah MP Lim Kit Siang\u00a0was accused as a\u00a0communist prosecutable by holy war.<\/p>\n

The text message also accused Lim of being\u00a0the \u201cMenteri Besar Killer\u201d who intended to overturn the government in Johor as he managed to \u201cend the political career of previous Johor Mentri Besar Abdul Ghani Othman\u201d. Urges were then made to encourage locals to bring along a few \u201csidekicks\u201d to prevent Lim from entering Permas.<\/p>\n

Lim had contested in Gelang Patah against\u00a0Abdul\u00a0Ghani in the previous general elections in May 2013\u00a0and won with a 14,000-vote majority.<\/p>\n

Liew believes that the text message is the tell-tale evidence that the disruption is not a result of Lim\u2019s provocation, but through deliberate pre-medication.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe claims made in the text messages are unsubstantiated. Lim is not a communist and it was Ghani Othman who came into Gelang Patah to contest against Lim rather than Lim looking for a fight against an incumbent Menteri Besar. Even if it is so, what\u2019s wrong with that in a democracy?\u201d questioned Liew.<\/p>\n

\"liew<\/a>

Liew demanded an apology for the uncivilised behaviour<\/p><\/div>\n

Giving his eye-witness account of the incident, Liew said the event started with a few people wearing red T-shirts, believed to be led by UMNO Pasir Gudang Youth Chief Azman Jaafar, gathering around the venue where \u201cForum Kedai Kopi\u201d was due to commence.<\/p>\n

When Liew was delivering his speech, Azman was seen to be running amok. Negative slurs such as \u201cKit Siang Balik Pulau Pinang (Go back to Penang Lim)\u201d, \u201cKit Siang Babi (Lim, you pig), and \u201cKit Siang Komunis (Lim, you communist)\u201d were projected towards Lim even though Lim did not participate in the speech at all.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Umno\u00a0Secretary-General Tengku Adnan Mansor and Johor Menteri Besar Khaled Nordin, also UMNO Pasir Gudang Division Head, apparently blamed Lim for such violent outbreak, stating that Lim is the culprit as Lim provoked the audience.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo don\u2019t do provocation\u2026I heard that Kit Siang said something, not there but elsewhere and humans, when you provoke them, they will react,\u201d Adnan was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n

Liew said the allegations are unfounded.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdnan ought to be ashamed of himself by giving irrational and unfounded excuse regarding such intentional disruption and own up his mistake,\u201d added Liew.<\/p>\n

Police reports have been lodged by DAP over the incident.<\/p>\n

– The Rocket<\/p>\n

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