PAS-linked settler rights NGO Anak today decried what it described as a "conspiracy" between a Felda officer and hired thugs to disrupt its event at the Sungai Tengi settlement last week.
"Shockingly the Felda officer used the word huru-hara(chaos). Chaos would be created to derail the ceramah if I managed to go past their roadblocks," Anak president Mazlan Aliman (left) said in a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today.
He described that a YouTube video uploaded recently revealed an alleged meeting prior to their ceramah and dinner on Feb 4, between the Felda officer, the Malay rights NGO Perkasa and others.
Those in the meeting purportedly planned to disrupt the Anak event by mounting roadblocks to stop them entering the settlement and if that failed, to foment trouble at the venue.
True enough on the day of the ceramah-cum-dinner, Mazlan and his group had to run the gauntlet of roadblocks.
"Shockingly the Felda officer used the word huru-hara(chaos). Chaos would be created to derail the ceramah if I managed to go past their roadblocks," Anak president Mazlan Aliman (left) said in a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today.He described that a YouTube video uploaded recently revealed an alleged meeting prior to their ceramah and dinner on Feb 4, between the Felda officer, the Malay rights NGO Perkasa and others.
Those in the meeting purportedly planned to disrupt the Anak event by mounting roadblocks to stop them entering the settlement and if that failed, to foment trouble at the venue.
True enough on the day of the ceramah-cum-dinner, Mazlan and his group had to run the gauntlet of roadblocks.
They had to abandon their plans as provocateur thugs started to kick and punch Unit Amal members who formed a cordon to block their advance and threw debris, chairs and water bottles at the event venue.
‘Police must answer’
In the video, Mazlan claimed that the Felda officer also told those in attendance that he had already obtained the cooperation of a senior police officer at the police district headquarters to allow them to disrupt the event.
This, said Mazlan, if true may lend credence to previous reports of police collusion with those who disrupt opposition events, recounting similar police inaction against thuggery and disruptions of events that Anak itself had experienced.
If not true, it means that the Felda officer is misrepresenting the police and bringing the service into disrepute.
Whatever the case, Mazlan stressed that in that event and previous ones, police inaction was obvious.
He added that he will submit a memorandum to the inspector-general of police Ismail Omar so that the enforcement body can investigate and answer if such collusion did take place.
More importantly, he wants the police to take action against the thugs who had mounted roadblocks and created chaos at opposition events.
“As of now we are patient, but we cannot guarantee that our supporters can tolerate extreme provocations. I fear that if police do not do their job, clashes may occur,” warned Mazlan.
Hulu Selangor PAS has also lodged a police report on the matter.
VIDEO|14.37 mins
In the video, Mazlan claimed that the Felda officer also told those in attendance that he had already obtained the cooperation of a senior police officer at the police district headquarters to allow them to disrupt the event.
This, said Mazlan, if true may lend credence to previous reports of police collusion with those who disrupt opposition events, recounting similar police inaction against thuggery and disruptions of events that Anak itself had experienced.
If not true, it means that the Felda officer is misrepresenting the police and bringing the service into disrepute.Whatever the case, Mazlan stressed that in that event and previous ones, police inaction was obvious.
He added that he will submit a memorandum to the inspector-general of police Ismail Omar so that the enforcement body can investigate and answer if such collusion did take place.
More importantly, he wants the police to take action against the thugs who had mounted roadblocks and created chaos at opposition events.
“As of now we are patient, but we cannot guarantee that our supporters can tolerate extreme provocations. I fear that if police do not do their job, clashes may occur,” warned Mazlan.
Hulu Selangor PAS has also lodged a police report on the matter.
VIDEO|14.37 mins
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