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Sunday, July 19, 2015

Gerakan Youth head questions support for thief in Low Yat case

Gerakan Youth chief Tan Keng Liang urges people not to defend the thief in last weekend's incident at Low Yat Plaza which led to a brawl along racial lines. – Twitter screenshot, July 19, 2015.Gerakan Youth chief Tan Keng Liang urges people not to defend the thief in last weekend's incident at Low Yat Plaza which led to a brawl along racial lines. – Twitter screenshot, July 19, 2015.
Gerakan Youth chief Tan Keng Liang took to social media today to urge people not to defend the thief in last weekend's incident at Low Yat Plaza which led to a brawl along racial lines.
Tan using his twitter handle @tankengliang posted: "Action against those who beat up the thief? What about the thief?"
He did not say what prompted his statement, but Utusan Malaysia said in a commentary today that those who bashed up the suspect who stole a mobile phone that led to the brawl should be prosecuted to avoid "anxiety among Malay grassroots."
"Why is the group who bashed up the suspect in Low Yat Plaza still not charged? This is among matters that cause anxiety among Malay grassroots," wrote Awang Selamat in the Malay daily’s weekend edition Mingguan Malaysia.
Tan, in a series of tweets, said there were some who were more keen to defend the thief.
"Seems that certain people are more interested to defend the thief than to seek justice for the real victim.
"I can understand if ppl try defend those who steal food to feed their children. But pls don't defend those who steal smartphones. Thieves!"
Responses to Tan's tweets included one from twitter user Shaharudinali @Shaharudinali who posted: "@tankengliang The thief is already in court."
Another twitter user using the handle @kishinmahtani30 said: "@tankengliang Thank you Tan for speaking the facts, if you do this more often instead of blindly defending BN you so can be my choice for PM"
So far, Bagan Umno division head Datuk Shaik Hussein Mydin, blogger Papagomo, whose real name is Wan Mohd Azri Wan Deris, and army veteran Mohd Ali Baharom, popularly know as Ali Tinju, have been arrested by police over the Low Yat incident.
Papagomo and Shaik Hussein were released on Friday by police, while Ali was charged with sedition for making racially charged comments before the brawl. He claimed trial to the charge.
The drama at Low Yat Plaza unfolded last weekend when two youths visited a handphone outlet to buy a Lenovo S860 smartphone worth RM799.
The salesman who attended to them told police that the youths ran off with the phone when he turned away to get a free gift.
A chase ensued and mobile phone dealers in another shop caught the suspects and assaulted them before handing them over to the plaza's security guards who called in the police.
One of the suspects was later released by police, and it is believed that he returned to the plaza with his friends and attacked the store where the employees had helped detain the suspects earlier.
On Sunday evening, some 200 people congregated at the plaza, forcing authorities to order businesses at the mall to close early.
Police cordoned off the area, but a crowd gathered again after midnight and fights broke out; helmets and other items were thrown between rival groups.
At least five people, including media personnel, were reportedly injured in the incident.
- TMI

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