By Stephanie Sta Maria - Free Malaysia TodayKUALA LUMPUR: Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali has scoffed at an earlier statement by MCA that Perkasa's racial espousals may have inadvertently contributed to the recent attack on a Selayang municipal councillor and his assistant.
“I don't give a damn about MCA,” he said. “It is just capitalising on this unfortunate incident to gain political mileage and portray themselves as champions of the Chinese. In fact, I would like to congratulate MCA for defending DAP since the Selayang councillor is a DAP member.”
Some 50 individuals, wearing T-shirts bearing the Perkasa logo, assaulted Lim Ching How and his assistant Mohd Zuhudi Ahmad on Wednesday because of a dispute over the issuance of a land use permit to a charity organisation.
Ibrahim said that a check within Perkasa has not revealed the alleged assailants to be among its members.
“Perkasa T-shirts are available to anyone,” he told FMT. “Perkasa doesn't condone violence nor allow its members to take part in violent activities. Violence is not our policy.”
When asked whether he is angry that Perkasa's name is being tarnished by outsiders, he said that such incidents should never happen in the first place. However, he questioned the motive behind the assault.
According to reports, the duo was attacked because the group was unhappy that a previous application for business by one of them on the same plot of land in Seri Gombak was rejected.
But Ibrahim alleged that there is more to it than that.
“This is hearsay but from what I understand, the permit was issued to the first company by the previous BN government,” he claimed.
“When Pakatan took over, the permit was transferred to the current company without any explanation. Why did it happen? This matter should also be investigated as part of the incident.”
An official from the Selayang Municipal Council said that the officer in charge was unavailable for comment.
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