Student leader in 'Najib flag' incident threatened
An Umno Youth leader has threatened to “spit” and “slap” the face of the student who had lowered the flag depicting Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak at the Umno headquarters last Saturday.
An Umno Youth leader has threatened to “spit” and “slap” the face of the student who had lowered the flag depicting Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak at the Umno headquarters last Saturday.
In a YouTube posting, PJU’s Umno Youth information chief Armand Azha Abu Hanifah accompanied by party members launched a tirade against Legasi Mahasiswa Progresif (LMP) coordinator Adam Adli for the stunt.
“Do not let us see you, we will slap and spit on your face, who do you think you are coming to disturb our place?” he declared.
Armand (right) , who is the former Perkasa Youth chief, had in the past issued a similar YouTube threat against rapper Namewee.
Posted two days ago, it has gained close to 60,000 views and garnered over 5,000 ‘dislikes’ as opposed to 200 ‘likes’.
The video is one of many threats levelled against Adam who had lowered the flag of Najib at last week's academic freedom protest.
The latest was when an unidentified male attempted to attack Adam outside Bukit Aman police headquarters, after Adam tried to lodge a police report over the text message threat.
One of the text message threat reads: “Adam, hell is waiting for you!”
'Attacked while lodging report'
When contacted, Solidariti Mahasiswa Malaysia (SMM) chief Ahmad Syukri Abdul Razab said the incident happened when a group of six student leaders were leaving the police headquarters at 2.30pm.
They were on their way to the Tun HS Lee police station as the headquarters insisted they file their police report there.
“A person came up to Adam and said that had Umno supporters been at the scene of the protest where the flag was lowered, he would have been beaten up.
“He then tried to attack Adam but we pushed him back and tried to calm the situation... we were shocked that he dared to do it in front of the media,” he said.
Ahmad Syukri added that the student leaders suspect the unidentified man to be related to the police officers as the officers had earlier called him by name.
“I'm not sure of his name but it proves that the police knew him,” he said.
The student leaders then moved on to Tun HS Lee police station at about 3pm to lodge a report.
Aside from the threats, the police report also included the scuffle that occurred outside Bukit Aman police headquarters.
They were accompanied by Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia chairperson Badrul Hisham.
Adam had during the protest lowered the flag with Najib's portrait and replaced it with an academic freedom flag (left) .
Umno Youth, Puteri and ministers have condemned the action as immature and disrespectful and have demanded that the students should apologise.
However, SMM, a key mover of the protest has refused to apologise, stressing that it was a legitimate protest action.
Related stories
SMM not apologising for 'Najib flag' incident
Saifuddin denies involvement in flag fiasco
Are you sure you want to delete this comment?
This action cannot be undone.