KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 — Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan has urged Datuk
Seri Hishammuddin Hussein to censure Umno supporters for threatening to
kill PKR’s Chua Tian Chang, or risk being blacklisted by polls watchdog
Bersih 2.0 for condoning political violence.
Party workers shouted “Kill Tian Chua” when the Umno vice-president urged them to rally behind Barisan Nasional (BN) and “eliminate traitors” like PKR vice-president Chua, better known as Tian Chua, whose allies in Pakatan Rakyat (PR) have been accused of instigating the Sulu invasion of Sabah.
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“He
(Hishammuddin) should come out and make amends and put things right,
and confirm that he does not support the crowd’s response,” Ambiga (picture) told The Malaysian Insider today.
“He should come out strongly against political violence of any sort... failing which, he will go on our list of politicians who encourage political violence,” said the Bersih co-chairman.
Ambiga said last Saturday that any Election 2013 candidate deemed responsible for violent incidents during political events would be “named and shamed” by Bersih 2.0 on social media sites like Twitter.
Hishammuddin admitted yesterday that political violence in the country was worsening, but accused PR of exploiting the situation to sow hatred for the government and the police.
He also noted that more incidents of violence might occur during the campaign period of Election 2013, which is expected to be held in weeks, due to the shortage of policemen.
Ambiga said today that Hishammuddin should have stopped the crowd immediately when they threatened Tian Chua, pointing out that the Umno vice-president had control over his party supporters.
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Party workers shouted “Kill Tian Chua” when the Umno vice-president urged them to rally behind Barisan Nasional (BN) and “eliminate traitors” like PKR vice-president Chua, better known as Tian Chua, whose allies in Pakatan Rakyat (PR) have been accused of instigating the Sulu invasion of Sabah.
“He
(Hishammuddin) should come out and make amends and put things right,
and confirm that he does not support the crowd’s response,” Ambiga (picture) told The Malaysian Insider today.“He should come out strongly against political violence of any sort... failing which, he will go on our list of politicians who encourage political violence,” said the Bersih co-chairman.
Ambiga said last Saturday that any Election 2013 candidate deemed responsible for violent incidents during political events would be “named and shamed” by Bersih 2.0 on social media sites like Twitter.
Hishammuddin admitted yesterday that political violence in the country was worsening, but accused PR of exploiting the situation to sow hatred for the government and the police.
He also noted that more incidents of violence might occur during the campaign period of Election 2013, which is expected to be held in weeks, due to the shortage of policemen.
Ambiga said today that Hishammuddin should have stopped the crowd immediately when they threatened Tian Chua, pointing out that the Umno vice-president had control over his party supporters.
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