'In the interest of justice, I hope the 'Indian brothers' will not withdraw their police reports. The truth has to be upheld.'
Chee Hoe Siew: "Indian brothers"? Wow! Suddenly so friendly now. Bear in mind that it is not just Indians you have offended, the group intended to start a racial riot using the incident and endanger the whole Selangor community.
Worse still the federal government is trying to fan the fire and try making use of MCMC to silence the messengers. Kudos to the state government for a job well done and Malaysiakini for not fearing to show the truth.
Gk: My position is that, if one wants to protest, protest in a civilised way and don't ever protest in the name of a religion. I believe no one religion teaches its followers to behave in such rude manner. Think before you act, that's the general rule everyone should have in mind.
Liew Chee-Kong: Now that the guys caught on video are charged for sedition, why was it that the honourable home minister said the presence of the people who brought the cow's head was a mystery? Any apologies?
Kee Thuan Chye: In the interest of justice, I hope the "Indian brothers" will not withdraw their police reports. The truth has to be upheld. Why withdraw? Because the residents have been so kind as to accept the new site for the temple's relocation?
They are so powerful that it is up to them to decide? If not for them, the Indians would not get their temple in section 23? Humbug! Arrogance should not be rewarded with grace or mercy.
Eugene: Withdraw the report if the matter is solved? Bah, are they stupid? They didn't even have an ounce of regret and even maintain their innocence! Everyone of them should be behind bars.
Myop101: How can a person withdraw a police report once it is lodged? By withdrawing it, that person would have wasted the resources of the state and abuse the justice process where precious resources are directed to trivial matters. I don't think the issue at hand is trivial and by all means, the police should continue their investigations.
Louis: They should charge them and get them convicted. No compromise. If they dared show off their despicable act, be a man to face the consequences. Let it be a lesson to all. Hope no unseen hands are pulling the strings for a lenient sentence.
Gen2: Look at the way the charges are framed. Bringing a cow's head, stepping on a cow's head. Both acts do not break any law by themselves. Nothing is mentioned about threatening bloodshed. So their lawyers can claim the charges are defective since no law is broken and so case thrown out.
Sudevan: This is part one of the 'sandiwara'. Just look at the charges: "The first two were charged with stepping on the cow's head, the third for bringing the animal's head, while the remaining three for both bringing and stepping the cow's head." Who cares about what they did to the cow's head? The whole issue here is the intention of their drama. This case will be thrown out in no time.
Ravindranath: I saw a kid in the protest. Shouldn't there be a endangerment charge included too? When Hindraf protested they threatened to have the kids taken away from their parents. Perhaps someone needs to lodge a police report on that charge.
Luk: Trust me. It is done for the sake of upcoming by-election to please the voters. The case will drag long enough to be forgotten after the by-election. What outcome do you expect when you have a home minister meeting and holding a press conference with the culprits? Don't we have enough past cases to tell us that this case will also get nowhere?
Rayfire: I don't know about the rest, but I have a strange feeling about this whole drama and the insistence of the MB on maintaining the relocation plan to Section 23. Will it be good in the long run?
Since we started on the wrong foot, will the devotees be able to peacefully perform their prayers or will this lead to more chaos? And now, 12 people charged in front of an Indian judge, a coincidence? I hope the authorities know what they are dealing with, because racial tension is not an easy thing to tackle.
12 charged in court over cow-head protest
Chee Hoe Siew: "Indian brothers"? Wow! Suddenly so friendly now. Bear in mind that it is not just Indians you have offended, the group intended to start a racial riot using the incident and endanger the whole Selangor community.
Worse still the federal government is trying to fan the fire and try making use of MCMC to silence the messengers. Kudos to the state government for a job well done and Malaysiakini for not fearing to show the truth.
Gk: My position is that, if one wants to protest, protest in a civilised way and don't ever protest in the name of a religion. I believe no one religion teaches its followers to behave in such rude manner. Think before you act, that's the general rule everyone should have in mind.
Liew Chee-Kong: Now that the guys caught on video are charged for sedition, why was it that the honourable home minister said the presence of the people who brought the cow's head was a mystery? Any apologies?
Kee Thuan Chye: In the interest of justice, I hope the "Indian brothers" will not withdraw their police reports. The truth has to be upheld. Why withdraw? Because the residents have been so kind as to accept the new site for the temple's relocation?
They are so powerful that it is up to them to decide? If not for them, the Indians would not get their temple in section 23? Humbug! Arrogance should not be rewarded with grace or mercy.
Eugene: Withdraw the report if the matter is solved? Bah, are they stupid? They didn't even have an ounce of regret and even maintain their innocence! Everyone of them should be behind bars.
Myop101: How can a person withdraw a police report once it is lodged? By withdrawing it, that person would have wasted the resources of the state and abuse the justice process where precious resources are directed to trivial matters. I don't think the issue at hand is trivial and by all means, the police should continue their investigations.
Louis: They should charge them and get them convicted. No compromise. If they dared show off their despicable act, be a man to face the consequences. Let it be a lesson to all. Hope no unseen hands are pulling the strings for a lenient sentence.
Gen2: Look at the way the charges are framed. Bringing a cow's head, stepping on a cow's head. Both acts do not break any law by themselves. Nothing is mentioned about threatening bloodshed. So their lawyers can claim the charges are defective since no law is broken and so case thrown out.
Sudevan: This is part one of the 'sandiwara'. Just look at the charges: "The first two were charged with stepping on the cow's head, the third for bringing the animal's head, while the remaining three for both bringing and stepping the cow's head." Who cares about what they did to the cow's head? The whole issue here is the intention of their drama. This case will be thrown out in no time.
Ravindranath: I saw a kid in the protest. Shouldn't there be a endangerment charge included too? When Hindraf protested they threatened to have the kids taken away from their parents. Perhaps someone needs to lodge a police report on that charge.
Luk: Trust me. It is done for the sake of upcoming by-election to please the voters. The case will drag long enough to be forgotten after the by-election. What outcome do you expect when you have a home minister meeting and holding a press conference with the culprits? Don't we have enough past cases to tell us that this case will also get nowhere?
Rayfire: I don't know about the rest, but I have a strange feeling about this whole drama and the insistence of the MB on maintaining the relocation plan to Section 23. Will it be good in the long run?
Since we started on the wrong foot, will the devotees be able to peacefully perform their prayers or will this lead to more chaos? And now, 12 people charged in front of an Indian judge, a coincidence? I hope the authorities know what they are dealing with, because racial tension is not an easy thing to tackle.
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