The Sun
by Himanshu Bhatt
Over the last year, he had also been visible as a vocal supporter of the century-old Kampung Buah Pala village which was later demolished for a modern development project.
When met at his house today, Krishnan recounted how he was followed by the assailants who were on four motorcycles. They had apparently waited for him to ride past an unlit road before attacking.
“They seemed to have planned the whole thing. They surrounded me. Four of them remained on their bikes, while the other four attacked,” he said.
“At first, I told them we could discuss whatever problem there was, but then they took out their knives,” he said.
After a momentary struggle, Krishnan fell to the ground, and heard someone shouting “Cut his leg” in Tamil. He was then slashed several times, but managed to quickly roll over to reach out for a stick.
When he got up to face his attackers, they fled. Bloodied and bruised, he rode to his house, and was rushed by friends to the Seberang Jaya Hospital where he received 16 stitches. A report was also lodged at the Mak Mandin police station.
Kumar said he had received calls from politicians from both sides of the divide after the demonstration on Nov 30, asking him to go to the state assembly to apologise. Kumar, however, declined.
“I also got some anonymous calls threatening me,” he said.
Asked why he had joined the BN-led demonstration, he said he was angry with the Pakatan Rakyat government for allowing the title for the village land to be issued to the Penang Government Officer’s Cooperative on March 27, 2008, soon after they had assumed power.
“But before the elections, these politicians had promised to save the village. That’s why I was so angry,” he said.
He added that he was a staunch DAP member until he quit the party in 1992 and has not joined any other political party since.
by Himanshu Bhatt
SEBERANG PERAI (Dec 28, 2009) : A 47-year-old legal firm runner was attacked by a gang armed with knives at the Mak Mandin industrial area here on Sunday night.
S. Krishnan Nair, better known as "Mak Mandin Kumar", was slashed on his right leg and back by the eight attackers while on his way home at about 10pm.
Krishnan was at the centre of a rowdy demonstration against the Penang government outside the state assembly late last month, when he was famously seen burning and stamping on a portrait of Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng during the Barisan Nasional (BN)-led protest.
S. Krishnan Nair, better known as "Mak Mandin Kumar", was slashed on his right leg and back by the eight attackers while on his way home at about 10pm.
Krishnan was at the centre of a rowdy demonstration against the Penang government outside the state assembly late last month, when he was famously seen burning and stamping on a portrait of Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng during the Barisan Nasional (BN)-led protest.
Over the last year, he had also been visible as a vocal supporter of the century-old Kampung Buah Pala village which was later demolished for a modern development project.
When met at his house today, Krishnan recounted how he was followed by the assailants who were on four motorcycles. They had apparently waited for him to ride past an unlit road before attacking.
“They seemed to have planned the whole thing. They surrounded me. Four of them remained on their bikes, while the other four attacked,” he said.
“At first, I told them we could discuss whatever problem there was, but then they took out their knives,” he said.
After a momentary struggle, Krishnan fell to the ground, and heard someone shouting “Cut his leg” in Tamil. He was then slashed several times, but managed to quickly roll over to reach out for a stick.
When he got up to face his attackers, they fled. Bloodied and bruised, he rode to his house, and was rushed by friends to the Seberang Jaya Hospital where he received 16 stitches. A report was also lodged at the Mak Mandin police station.
Kumar said he had received calls from politicians from both sides of the divide after the demonstration on Nov 30, asking him to go to the state assembly to apologise. Kumar, however, declined.
“I also got some anonymous calls threatening me,” he said.
Asked why he had joined the BN-led demonstration, he said he was angry with the Pakatan Rakyat government for allowing the title for the village land to be issued to the Penang Government Officer’s Cooperative on March 27, 2008, soon after they had assumed power.
“But before the elections, these politicians had promised to save the village. That’s why I was so angry,” he said.
He added that he was a staunch DAP member until he quit the party in 1992 and has not joined any other political party since.
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