‘Don’t let Pakatan treat you like cows’

Tunku Aziz advises Malaysians against attending anti-BN rallies

PETALING JAYA: Former DAP leader Tunku Abdul Aziz Ibrahim today urged Malaysians to stay away from protests organised by Pakatan Rakyat.

“We as Malaysians should not participate in this sort of anarchism,” said the former party vice chairman in reference to rallies and demonstrations against alleged vote rigging by Barisan Nasional in the recent general election.

Speaking at a press conference here, he said Malaysians must accept BN’s victory.

“Pakatan could not win at the ballot box and now they want to resort to anarchism to topple the government,” he said. “I think that is unfair.”

“I want Malaysians to think very carefully. If not, we would be led by the nose like cows,” he added.

Tunku Aziz said he agreed with BN critics that it is guilty of corruption, but added that members of the public should not expose themselves to violence in hopes that things would change overnight.

“I am not saying there is no corruption within Umno and BN, but don’t keep blaming them for everything. Every institution has corruption.

“I’m not taking sides. I’ve been a government critic for a long time now but we have to be fair. Pakatan also has to take into account the safety of Malaysians,” he added.

Referring to a recent warning by DAP chairman Karpal Singh, he said he was not afraid of being taken to court. Karpal had threatened to sue him over his attacks against the party.

“Since he is contemplating court action against me, he may wish to kill two birds with one stone by also dragging me to court over my many statements about the fraud involved in the CEC election,” he said in reference to last year’s election of DAP’s policy making body.

He denied rumours that he was going to reveal dark party secrets, saying he was not privy to “secret discussions and decisions made in the innermost sanctum of the party,” he said.

“However, allowing for my ancient Hindu connection, I do not consider DAP a sacred cow. I will expose your party if it poses a threat to national security, peace and public order,” he added.