Sept 5 — Yet again, the bull headed protesters of Section 23 have successfully shamed Malaysia.
From the word go, it was obvious that disrupting the town hall meeting, rather than engaging in a dialogue, was high on their agenda.
Their boorish behaviour began at the door when they started shouting at Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) officials who were trying to ensure that only residents enter the hall.
Their thuggish behaviour continued inside, when three men were seen intimidating a woman who was holding camcorder. Shouting, they demanded to know if she was a resident and told her to get out if she wasn‘t.
The terrified victim was pulled away by MBSA enforcement officers, who stepped in just in time.
Their target turned out to be 48-year-old Rozaini Mohd Rosli, an aide to Batu Tiga assemblyman Rodziah Ismail.
Rozaini told The Malaysian Insider she was too shell shocked to even respond to the men at the time and is considering lodging a police report.
The “cow-heads” then set out to heckle and shout at every opportunity they found, ignoring calls by moderators for them to remain calm.
Standing on chairs, jeering and making childish noises, nothing was beneath them, never-mind that women and children were also in the hall, and their actions were being recorded for the world to see.
Scuffles broke out several times during the meeting between these men and their Indian neighbours.
But worse still, one protester went out of his way to hurl obscene sexual suggestions at Rodziah.
What possessed them?
No doubt they will again lay blame on the Selangor Government for all their shameful actions — like a child saying “the devil made me do it”.
But really, which devil I wonder?
Neville Spykerman is a reporter with The Malaysian Insider and who was at the Selangor government town hall meeting with residents this morning.
But really, which devil I wonder?
Neville Spykerman is a reporter with The Malaysian Insider and who was at the Selangor government town hall meeting with residents this morning.
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