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Saturday 12 July 2014

6 lodge reports on Bung's 'bathe in blood' tweet - Malaysiakini

Six police reports were lodged in Perai on mainland Penang today against Kinabatangan MP Bung Moktar Radin for his alleged "criminal threat" against Penang Deputy Chief Minister II P Ramasamy.

Several community leaders lodged the reports, all similar in content, at the Perai police station at 11.30am.

They are Taman Chai Leng village development and security (JKKK) chairperson Turaisingam Mahalingam, Taman Supreme JKKK member Tanngisuran Ramasamy, JKKK Perai chairperson Sri Sangar Sivalingam Raman, Taman Inderawasih JKKK Ng Hooi Lai, Taman Supreme JKKK member Kirupanantha Pillay, and Taman Chai Leng DAP member Saghadevan Vallayan.

In their reports, the group claimed that Bung on July 10 threatened Ramasamy (right) in a "criminal and racist" tweet.

The tweet posted by Bung reads “P Ramasamy belum merasa bahana perkauman kaum, saya berharap dia akan terkena dan dapat merasa mandi dlm darah.” (P Ramasamy has yet to feel the heat of racism, and I hope he will experience it and can feel how it is to bathe in blood).

"Bung issued a criminal threat against Ramasamy and the police should act against him using the Penal Code," the group members said.

"As a lawmaker, Bung should not utter such criminally threatening words," they added.

They called the Sabah MP's tweet a "racist statement against Ramasamy and the Indian community".

"Stern action should be taken against Bung as a lesson to all that the country has laws and that we do have law enforcement," the group said.

Jousting over DPM remark

Bung had taken Ramasamy to task over the latter's remark that Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin should "bring on" the May 13 racial riots the DPM kept harping on.

Ramasamy was at the time responding to Muhyiddin's statements in an Utusan Malaysia report on Jul 9 headlined "13 May 1969 not impossible - DPM".

Muhyiddin (left) has since claimed that his statement regarding racial unity had been "manipulated" by certain unnamed quarters.

Despite Muhyiddin's clarification, the group also lodged reports urging the police to probe the "threatening" elements in Muhyiddin's statement.

"When attending a programme in Pagoh on Jul 4, Muhyiddin issued a statement with seditious elements, which can threaten national security and harmony in society," said the group in their police reports.

"Muhyiddin's statement was a warning that threatens public safety, peace and harmony among the different races in Malaysia," they added.
 

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