The Bersih leader gets some moral support in the wake of harassment by petty traders and army veterans.
KUALA
LUMPUR: Several Pakatan Rakyat MPs got together today to give moral
support to Bersih leader S Ambiga following protests held outside her
Damansara Heights house.
Meeting at the house at about 11am today, the 10 MPs and one senator
condemned the recent acts of harassment by petty traders and former
soldiers. The traders fried burgers outside Ambiga’s house and the army
veterans lined up with their backs facing the house and shook their
buttocks.
Tumpat MP Kamaruddin Jaafar of PAS said: “We’re here to show our
support for Bersih. We are disgusted by those Malaysians for their
immoral behaviour, which the authorities seem to be allowing so far.”
The other MPs included Lim Lip Eng (DAP-Segambut), Tan Seng Giaw
(DAP-Kepong), Khalid Samad (PAS-Shah Alam and Nurul Izzah Anwar
(PKR-Lembah Pantai).
They were heartily welcomed by Ambiga.
Speaking to reporters, the Bersih leader commended the police and Kuala Lumpur City Hall for keeping an eye on her house.
“The police and DBKL have been here and I am grateful for them for their level of protection,” she said.
At the junction to her street, a group of more than 10 City Hall
officers stood on guard. A few police officers were seen patrolling the
area on motorcycles.
The burger-frying traders claimed that the April 28 Bersih 3.0 rally
caused them to lose business worth several hundred thousand ringgit.
Their spokesman recently said they were planning a second round of
burger frying outside Ambiga’s house.
Deputy Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar has said that neither the traders nor the ex-soldiers had broken any law.
Nurul Izzah condemned what she called “this selective political
persecution” and blasted the police for not stopping the “thuggish
behaviour”.
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