Screenshot of a tweet belittling Indian Malaysians, which DAP lawmaker Tony Pua says is fake. – Twitter screenshot, October 21, 2015.
DAP lawmaker Tony Pua says the image of a tweet allegedly posted by him calling Indian Malaysians "pariah" and "thugs" is fake.
The DAP Selangor chairman said the fake image, which is being circulated widely via WhatsApp within the Indian community, was probably in response to the recent controversy over the Deepavali bazaar in Sungai Way, Petaling Jaya.
Pua had last week referred to those who prevented licensed Indian traders from setting up their stalls and who disrupted his press conference at the bazaar site in Sungai Way as "thugs".
He reportedly said they had come to intimidate those present by heckling, shoving and spewing unprintable expletives.
In a statement today, the Petaling Jaya Utara MP said the fake image was clearly designed to inflame racial sentiments against him but added that it would not stop him from carrying out his duties to serve his constituents.
"I have never used the word 'pariah' to describe anyone and I most certainly do not believe that Indians 'behave like thugs'.
"However there are those among us – Chinese, Indians, Malays – who do behave like thugs.
"The person or persons who made the above image is certainly a shameless 'thug', regardless of his race," he said.
On Sunday, Petaling Jaya mayor Mohd Azizi Mohd Zain announced that traders who wanted to use the old site for the bazaar would be allowed to do so.
This followed the council's earlier announcement that the bazaar would be relocated to Jalan SS9A/12.
Yesterday, Pua expressed shock at the reversal of the initial decision made by the Petaling Jaya City Council, saying they had succumbed to thuggery led by several PKR grassroots leaders.
- TMI
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