YOURSAY 'Commendable work, Unit Amal. There is no need to beat the hecklers up because we don't want to sink to their level.'

Captured heckler mobbed at Pakatan ceramah

Free And Fair Election: This was a good job by the Unit Amal. Fortunately no one was hurt. I, as a Chinese, give full respect to the Unit Amal from PAS.

I was one of the few who had attended Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin's final days at the Perak MB's residence and I had felt 100 percent safe when in the presence of the Unit Amal, much safer than in the hands of our Malaysian police.

I'm not condoning the work of these paid hecklers, but this should teach the hecklers a lesson the next time they get a contract from Umno.

And PM Najib Razak, you are doing a lousy job. Over one weekend, the Indians have rejected you in Putrajaya , the Chinese have rejected you at the Dong Zong rally and the Malays have rejected you in Kuala Selangor.

Appum: Commendable work, Unit Amal. Cool heads should rule. There is no need to beat the hecklers up because we don't want to sink to their level. If we do, then how different are we from the scumbags?

Ferdtan: This is exactly what can and will happen when the police are seen to be taking the side of the lawless who are causing disruptions to peaceful gatherings.

Many such incidents had happened before, and complaints made to the police had been to no avail. The police have offered the silliest excuses and on the whole have remained indifferent.

The thugs emboldened by the fact that the police cannot or will not stop their acts of aggression will continue to do what they set out to do - cause mischief.

Even though they were of a small number, only 20 of them against 5,000 participants, they were not afraid as they believe the police and the whole of the federal government institutions are with them.

The police are totally to be blamed. They have let the situation come to this. Luckily good sense prevailed, and there were no serious injuries due to the good work of PAS' Unit Amal members.

The IGP must come out to unequivocally condemn the thugs to prevent a repeat such an incident. Please don't call the thugs in for tea - like our home minister has done.

Whatsup: Well, at least the rakyat there protected themselves and punished these hired goons who were at the event to disrupt. The police were not there but goons were: why?

What do you expect when the ex-inspector-general of police and the attorney-general and so on are allegedly linked to the underworld.

BN big shots attend public events with PDRM (Royal Malaysian Police) escorts, but the opposition and those supporting change have to protect themselves. What do you call this?

Anonymous: So inspector-general of police (IGP) Ismail Omar, you were saying the other day that those who disrupt ceramah will be hauled up. What happened?

No police were there to catch the 20-odd thugs. At GE13, we Malaysians must vote for total change.

James1067 : Dear IGP, please do not make political statements, just like politicians promising the voters everything before the elections.

The police force is an independent body whose job is to protect every citizen. If there is no action by you then we will just take it that your words are also like the politicians.

We are sure that there are many genuine and honest police officers in the department and it is your duty to protect their reputation. Please do not take sides and take the right steps to regain the reputation you have lost.

Skong: Unit Amal has done a good job but they should not release the culprit as this will send a wrong message to the group of hecklers. He should be handed over to the police and let the police charge the rest as promised by the IGP.

Anonymous: While most of us do not condone any form of violence, let us at least catch the culprits and get their details and take photos of them to deter any further acts of hooliganism by these Umno minnows. It's time the rakyat take back the country from BN.

Plainly: Most of the undercover men in blue at the ceramah are obviously closing an eye to the hired BN samsengs who are creating public commotion or disturbance.

Caripasal: These hecklers need to be taught a lesson. Imagine if this was Umno's ceramah. I bet the heckler would not have been able to come out alive. The heckler should be sent to the police for vandalism.

Kairos: What has transpired at the ceramahs over the past few months does not augur well for the country. We must not allow our emotions to get the better of us. The rakyat must exercise self-control and the police must institute crowd control.

Any violence or civil disturbance will not do anybody any good especially if a member of one race is accidentally hurt by a member of another race. So I appeal to all the leaders of the political parties not to play with fire and hire thugs and hecklers to disrupt any ceramah.

Let's all approach the coming election campaigns with level headedness and maturity for the good of the country.

Anonymous_3e2c: The modus operandi of the BN is like the mat rempits, the snatch thieves and acid splashers, and our ruling party has now hired them full-time.

I guess they should be on government payroll with an assured pension and insurance if anything happens to them in the course of their job.

Their duty is to disturb all Pakatan-led ceremahs and reduce the large crowds through fear tactics. They only have to work once in every five years, just before election time.

Lim Chong Leong: I am not sorry for that trouble maker. If you play with fire, you tend to get burned.

And Umno has been playing with fire for too long. Sometimes we the people have to show who is in charge and that we are not afraid.

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