Yesterday, a group of 20 supporters of the Red Shirt movement led by Mohd Ali Baharom or Ali Tinju stormed the DAP Headquarters in an attempt to submit a memorandum demanding that DAP takes responsibility for an unrelated Chinese man’s disparaging remarks about Islam.
Unfortunately, Ali Tinju must have been confused because DAP has nothing to do with the individual concerned, nor do we condone any kind of inflammatory remark, be it racial or religious. Instead, Ali Tinju should have sent the memorandum to Umno as it is they who are constantly using racial and religious sentiments to foment hatred in order to divert attention away from the corruption and maladministration afflicting the country.
What’s worse, Ali Tinju refused to hand over the memorandum to DAP Selangor committee member and Selayang Municipal Councillor Sdr Edry Faisal, on the pretext of his race. At the same time, the mob became unruly and made threats to burn the building by saying: “Jangan sampai kita naik! Jangan kasi asap ini bangunan.” DAP regrets and condemns not only such a brazen threat to the safety and security of our staff and our property, but also the racial insult imparted on our grassroots leader.
Ali Tinju and unruly mob clearly practices UMNO culture by discriminating Malaysians based on race. If so then they have gone to the wrong political party because they should be going to MCA headquarters if they insist that only a Chinese can accept their memorandum. Unlike UMNO, MCA and MIC, DAP is a multi-racial party and a Malay can be a leader equal to any other non-Malay leader.
DAP hopes that the police will not take such violent threats lightly and take immediate action considering the fact that there were reportedly 20 police officers on the scene, as well as video evidence of the incident. Failure to do so would show that those supporting BN and UMNO can act without any respect for the law. A police report has been lodged this morning by our staff who were threatened by these extremists. Will the police act with the same efficient speed with which they acted on the owner of my house by responding unusually quickly barely 48 hours after Umno Youth filed a police report for allegedly making a false statutory declaration (SD)?