After 'Tiga Line' was labelled as benevolent gangsters by the home minister, an Umno supreme council candidate says Gang 30 is a charity organisation.
PETALING JAYA: In the wake of Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi calling ‘Tiga Line’ as benevolent gangsters and his friends, another Umno leader has stepped up to defend Gang 30.
Minister in Prime Minister’s Office Shahidan Kassim claimed that Gang 30, which was declared an illegal outfit, is a charity organisation offering assistance to poor Malays during festivities and burials.
Shahidan, who is also the former Perlis menteri besar, said that Gang 30 were merely practising Malay culture and tradition.
However in August, the Home Ministry, had listed Gang 30 as an illegal secret society. In addition, the ministry also listed the group in the Top 5 of illegal secret societies among 49 secret societies.
Apart from Tiga Line, the other Malay secret societies named by the Home Ministry were Double 7 and Gang 30. Only three Malay gangs were named by the ministry.
Tiga Line and Gang 30 are believed to have links with Malay NGO Pertubuhan Kebajikan dan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (Pekida), which in turn is strongly linked with Umno.
The two groups are alleged to be involved in drug distribution, car-jacking and night-club protection.
At a security briefing with community leaders last weekend, Zahid was reported as saying that the Tiga Line members were not thugs and endorsed their activities.
In a Malaysian Insider report yesterday, Shahidan claimed that he was not aware the existence of Tiga Line and suggested that Ahmad Zahid Hamidi may have been referring to Gang 30 instead.
Critics have slammed Umno leaders such as Zahid for playing up the race card in order to gain support for the Umno polls on Oct 16.
PETALING JAYA: In the wake of Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi calling ‘Tiga Line’ as benevolent gangsters and his friends, another Umno leader has stepped up to defend Gang 30.Minister in Prime Minister’s Office Shahidan Kassim claimed that Gang 30, which was declared an illegal outfit, is a charity organisation offering assistance to poor Malays during festivities and burials.
Shahidan, who is also the former Perlis menteri besar, said that Gang 30 were merely practising Malay culture and tradition.
However in August, the Home Ministry, had listed Gang 30 as an illegal secret society. In addition, the ministry also listed the group in the Top 5 of illegal secret societies among 49 secret societies.
Apart from Tiga Line, the other Malay secret societies named by the Home Ministry were Double 7 and Gang 30. Only three Malay gangs were named by the ministry.
Tiga Line and Gang 30 are believed to have links with Malay NGO Pertubuhan Kebajikan dan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (Pekida), which in turn is strongly linked with Umno.
The two groups are alleged to be involved in drug distribution, car-jacking and night-club protection.
At a security briefing with community leaders last weekend, Zahid was reported as saying that the Tiga Line members were not thugs and endorsed their activities.
In a Malaysian Insider report yesterday, Shahidan claimed that he was not aware the existence of Tiga Line and suggested that Ahmad Zahid Hamidi may have been referring to Gang 30 instead.
Critics have slammed Umno leaders such as Zahid for playing up the race card in order to gain support for the Umno polls on Oct 16.
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