Malaysians, including the hundreds of thousands regardless of race, religion, class, region, age or gender, who had come out peacefully for the Bersih 3.0 “sit-in” at Dataran Merdeka on April 28, armed at most with salt and water bottles, are shocked and outraged at Home Minister, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein’s allegation today that “some parties wanted serious injuries and deaths” at Bersih 3.0 – 24 days after the event! (The Malaysian Insider)
I believe I could speak on their behalf, as well as all decent and rational Malaysians, to urge Hishammuddin to stop spreading lies and falsehoods about Bersih 3.0 as his allegation that “some parties wanted serious injuries and deaths” is most wild, irresponsible and deplorable.
There is no iota of evidence whatsoever to back this latest but totally wild and contemptible allegation emanating from government quarters.
Malaysians can still vividly remember Hishammuddin’s declaration a week before April 28 that the Bersih 3.0 rally was not a security threat and his dismissive statement that “April 28 is not an issue” as it had gained “little traction” with the public.
Clearly, Hishammuddin had not expected Bersih 3.0 to garner much crowd, probably a few thousands but definitely not more than the Bersih 1.0 and 2.0 crowds. The hundreds of thousands of Malaysians who gathered in peace must have totally caught him and the Barisan Nasional leadership by surprise.
When did Hishammuddin get the “intelligence” that there were “some parties at the April 28 Bersih rally who wanted serious injuries and deaths to occur”? Was it before or after Bersih 3.0 on April 28?
If Hishamuddin received “intelligence” that there were “some parties” who wanted serious injuries and deaths to occur at Bersih 3.0, he was then seriously remiss and negligent in his duties as Home Minister when he publicly declared that Bersih 3.0 rally posed no “security threat”!
Similarly, the question must also be posed whether the Prime Minister’s allegation that Bersih 3.0 was an attempted coup d’etat to topple the government was from police “intelligence” and given to him before April 28, and if so, why no pre-emptive action had been taken, whether this was proof that there was no basis or substance in such an allegation?
Or was the “intelligence” about an attempted coup to topple the government, like Hishammudin’s latest allegation that “some parties wanted serious injuries and deaths” at Bersih 3.0, purely political in nature, concocted after April 28 to enable the Barisan Nasional to demonise the Bersih 3.0 organisers and protestors?
Hishammuddin as Home Minister should not pile lies and falsehoods about the Bersih 3.0 rally.
He is in fact reinforcing the conviction of skeptical Malaysians who do not believe that the government is prepared for a truly independent, impartial, comprehensive and authoritative inquiry into the Bersih 3.0 rally on April 28 and the deplorable violence and brutality that ensued.
Is Hishammuddin expecting the government probe into Bersih 3.0 to come out with a finding that “some parties wanted serious injuries and deaths” at Bersih 3.0, or be exposed as an irresponsible Home Minister spreading lies and falsehoods?
As illustrated by the hundreds of thousands of Malaysians who came out peacefully in support of Bersih 3.0 rally for free and fair elections on April 28, Malaysians are fully committed to peaceful change in Malaysia and they will have no truck with any elements who want to foment violence and unrest such as causing serious injuries and deaths at Bersih 3.0.
But this can be no justification for Hishammuddin or Najib to concoct wild, irresponsible and deplorable lies about Bersih 3.0, whether alleging that it is a coup to topple the government or that there were “some parties who wanted serious injuries and deaths”.
This is why Malaysians must have confidence in the public inquiry into the Bersih 3.0 violence, why former Inspector-General of Police Tun Haniff Omar must be replaced with another reputable, credible and impartial nominee as he had disqualified himself from the post by going public on his prejudicial views about Bersih 3.0 rally and why the inquiry must be fully in the form of a Royal Commission of Inquiry.
The public inquiry into Bersih 3.0 must result in the healing rather than the further division of Malaysians with regard to a clean election system for a clean Malaysia.
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A BIG NO and certainly not BERSIH’s intention to have injuries to anyone.
I am not sure if that can be said about unmo.
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Hisham is the dumbest Home Minister this country has ever had. Period.
Keris-din always had a world-class mind.
Only problem is: it’s among kiddos and silly-season morons.
///KUALA LUMPUR: The huge Umno anniversary celebrations is proof that rallies can be held without creating problems for authorities or the rest of the public, said MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek.///–Star
Chua Soi Lek pretends to be stupid not to realize that it was UMNO, through its subsidiary, the police, which decides whether celebration or Bersih assembly would end up peacefully or otherwise.
IF Chua Soi Lek could just shut his stupid gab, he may just be able to salvage his deposit in the next GE.
Ok, Chua?
Well HH must have meant – and he will say that’s what he meant- that “intelligence” of some parties wanting “serious injuries and deaths to occur” was gathered after Bersih 3.0 on April 28. Otherwise he couldn’t explain the remiss in not arresting these mischief makers before then or remain consistent with his earlier view Bersih 3.0 rally was not a security threat. He did say there were “3 different groups of people in the rally comprising (a) those who genuinely went for free and fair elections (b) politicians who hijacked the rally and (c) rioters who wanted chaos ” and he would more details next week. At this moment he didn’t say the relative size/proportion between 3 groups. This means for example people in group (c) might be as few as 10 out of say 300,000 from group (a). And he didn’t say whether those in groups (a) (b) (c) are mutually exclusive/separate ie people belonging to one group also belong to other groups – or for that matter whether those from group (c) are also of pro opposition or pro BN political persuasion, though it is likelier (from political propaganda standpoint) that a link will easier be made between groups (b) and (c) as mutually reinforcing each other’s agenda!
When you listen to an idiot speaking for few years…you can expect more idiotic things uttered from him.
It is up at all Malaysians to conclude…is Hishammuddin a smart man or an idiot.
Before the Bersih 3.0 rally, Hisham said it was not a security threat. After the rally, he said some party wanted to see death. Hisham should stop fooling the rakyat.
It was all peaceful and orderly in JB and Penang and Ipoh and many other places except KL was also peaceful until the police themselves created the havocs. The police in KL did not maintain peace, they instigated chaos! Did the KL police receive their last minute order to create unrest from the IGP and/or our home minister? Totally disgraceful!
Hishamuddin is only fit to flip burgers. He has the mentality of a four year old.
I totally agree with Hishamuddin, and yes the rakyat also know who are the parties (“some parties wanted serious injuries and deaths”).
Want to know who?
Your guess is as good as mine!
Everytime the Home Minister, Hishamuddin opens his mouth, it starts stinking to high heavens. He is the proverbial skunk in Malaysian politics. He tries to be too clever and every time he does that, he invariably spews out stink.
Hope the voters especially the Malays wake up to his stupidity and reject him if he stands for election in Semberong, Johore.