KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 (Bernama) -- Sociologists and political scientists are worried that the illegal assembly planned for July 9 can set off a chaotic situation especially with the manipulation of third parties.
"The organisers might say the assembly will be peaceful, but one individual is all it takes to cause mob behaviour," said social scientist Prof Dr Ahmad Atory Hussain of Universiti Sains Malaysia.
"If the assembly is to go ahead, there may be disturbances, clashes between communities or among the Malays because of political differences," he said.
If the assembly were to be big, the chance of disturbances would be greater, he added.
Ahmad Atory also did not rule out the possibility of third party manipulation.
A Universiti Teknologi Mara political science lecturer in Dungun, Che Hamdan Mohd Razali, doubted the organiser was motivated by love of democracy.
"I see the assembly is meant to provoke. It is also to build up anti-government sentiment among voters for the coming general election," he said.
He said the assembly could only cause hardship to the people, particularly stall keepers and traders.
A senior lecturer at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Abd Ghapa Harun, said the organisers should be held responsible for anything disastrous that happened at the assembly.
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