Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak has accused whistleblower site Sarawak Report of stalking and harassing Rosmah Mansor.
In a blog post last night Salleh claimed the website had demonstrated “an absolute lack of decorum and manners”, while harassing Rosmah – who is currently in London.
“We would expect people from so-called civilised England to at least show respect to the wife of a foreign prime minister, but apparently diplomacy is reserved only for their own kind.”
“The Sarawak Report people were absolutely rude. And the fact they felt they have a right to be rude demonstrates the low class of people we are dealing with,” Salleh said.
But, Salleh has conveniently forgotten, when Maria Chin Abdullah was harassed by Gerakan Merah leader Mohd Ali Baharom, better known as Ali Tinju, none of the UMNO leaders has stood up and reprimanded Ali Tinju. So I want to ask Salleh, does he think that decorum and manners is reserved only for their own kind? Only Rosmah and her kind have the right to demand decorum and manners from others, but ordinary people like Maria Chin do not?
What Maria Chin went through was far worse than what Salleh alleged Rosmah has experienced in London. Ali Tinju reportedly saying that Maria “tidak akan berjalan di atas bumi” (Maria will no longer walk on this earth) in September last year. If this is not a death threat, tell me what is? Does Salleh not think that Ali Tinju was absolutely rude and low class?
Did Sarawak Report ever posing any physical threat against Rosmah? No they didn’t. And let’s be assured, if they really do, UK police would surely take actions against them. But back in Malaysia, the case was classifed as NFA by the public prosecutor!
So if Salleh thinks that people from all walks of life should be treated with decorum and respect, I would like him to join me in urging the Public Prosecutor to reconsider the case against Ali Tinju. Otherwise, Salleh Keruak is not as civilised as he thought he is, but merely a Rosmah loyalist.