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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Difficult questions about the Low Yat incident

While much has been done to ease our minds about the incident, glaring questions remain – who masterminded it and how?
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By J.D. Lovrenciear
The Inspector General of Police must be commended for his response (in person and not via twitter) to the Low Yat showdown. His quick statements clarifying the cause or causes that led to the uncalled for situation at our tourist hotspot, Bukit Bintang, has no doubt, helped to ease tensions.
The IGP must also be commended for his openness in admitting that one of his men may not have executed his responsibilities as he should have when he released one of the accomplices involved in the theft incident. It is now believed that the released party is being held for his part in instigating the blowout.
Netizens must also be lauded. They have taken the initiative to condemn this incident in the interest of a united and safe Malaysia.
The prime minister has also done his part and warned that the Sedition Act will fall on those found guilty.
These actions are commendable. We cannot afford to see our tourists running away in droves especially in these hard times when workers are being hit on all sides – the GST, the rising cost of living and an increasingly weak Ringgit.
While much has been done, there still remains a critical gap.
Where did the reported crowd of about 200 people come from all of a sudden? What means and methods were used to marshal such a huge gathering in such a short span of time? Who may have used race-based sentiments to mastermind the coming together of a small army of people with the courage to attack?
It certainly cannot be the work of a lone, wayward, thieving and lying youth armed with the weapon of social media.
Let us not be so quick to sweep the missing pieces of the story under the “social media” rug as someone in the Najib administration hastily did.
We need to ask the difficult question.
How is it possible for such dangerous groups to continue to operate in a country that prides itself on a strong and reliable police force to safeguard its people?
The opposition lawmakers have a responsibility too. They must drop their opportunity-chasing politics that seek to turn the Low Yat breakout into a race riot. That may be precisely what the instigators want us to see but we can’t remain at the surface level. We must go beneath to seek answers.
The ball is in the IGP’s court. The citizens are watching. Meanwhile the prime minister owes everyone a permanent solution because it appears that there are mobs waiting to strike at the first chance they get.
J. D. Lovrenciear is an FMT reader

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