Bullet in mail, DAP's Pua cries 'coward'

By Ken Vin Lek - Free Malaysia Today

PETALING JAYA: DAP leader Tony Pua, who received a death threat, has dismissed it as an act of cowardice which would turn Malaysia into an international laughing stock.

Speaking to FMT, the Petaling Jaya Utara MP said he believes the threat was related to his call for Bumiputera discounts on luxury homes and commercial properties to be removed.

The death threat which was sealed together with a live bullet in an envelope was posted to his office in Damansara Utama. It was opened by his assistant at about 4.30pm yesterday.

The stamp on the envelope showed that it came from Tangkak, Johor.

The letter warned Pua to watch his every step and the writer had alleged that he knew all details about his family, office vehicle and the location of his house.

“You’re very brave. Be careful of where you walk to now, you will have to look around you, I know all your personal details, beware,” read the letter, penned in Malay.

Pua’s assistant lodged a police report with the Damansara Utama police station at about 6:30pm accompanied by Pua as well as lawyer and Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng.

Police have confirmed that the bullet was a local made M16 bullet.

Khairy: 'Love' letter a cowardly act

In a tweet, Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin had expressed support for Pua, despite his wing filing a litany of police reports against the DAP leader over his “remove discounts” comment.

Also calling it an act of cowardice, he said: “Heard about the ‘love’ letter. I hope you are alright and have made the necessary (police) reports. This is not the politics I signed up for. Take it easy.”

Last week, the Oxford-trained Pua had lambasted Umno Youth and its Oxford-trained chief Khairy over the police reports, saying he would not be cowed by them.

Prior to that Umno information chief Ahmad Maslan had warned the DAP leader “not to play with fire” by questioning the special privileges of the Malays and Bumiputeras.

Umno's Kota Belud MP Abdul Rahman Dahlan also condemned the death threat.

“I hope the culprits who sent the bullets will be caught and given the maximum punsihment. Malaysia has no place for this kind of things,” he said in a twitter posting.

In 2008 and 2009, DAP chairman and Bukit Gelugor MP Karpal Singh received similar death threats with live bullets for questioning the rights of the Malays and the Malay rulers.
Other tweets in support of Tony Pua
Abdul Rahman Dahlan, Kota Belud MP:
I hope the culprits who sent the bullets to Tony Pua will be caught and given the maximum possible punishment! Malaysia has no place for this kind of thing!

Chua Tee Yong, Labis MP:
Hope the police will be able to trace who did it so that at least Tony Pua will not have to worry about his family's safety. (It's a) very despicable act.

Charles Santiago, Klang MP:
Politics of intimidation apears to be on the rise in1Malaysia. People need to voice their objections.

Anthony Loke, Rasah MP:
The cowardly act of sending death threats to Tony Pua must be condemned by all peace-loving Malaysians. Politics of threats (is) unacceptable.

Hannah Yeoh, Subang Jaya ADUN:
Karpal Singh received threat earlier, now Tony Pua. Please pray for his safety.

T Mohan, MIC Youth Chief:
Tony Pua, hope you made a police report. It is definitely unacceptable.