Seputeh MP Teresa Kok was "egged" by a stranger after speaking about her controversial Chinese New Year video clip during a ceramah in Permatang Pauh in Penang last night.
Kok, however, denied that she had been slapped by the unidentified assailant, as reported by a Malay-language daily.
Utusan Malaysia had, around midnight, sent an SMS alert stating: “Seputeh MP Teresa Kok was slapped by an unknown man after a ceramah at Taman Cermai, Permatang Pauh at 11.30pm”.
However, the Umno-owned daily soon issued a correction stating that Kok had not been slapped but was instead “handed” a rotten egg by a man, which later broke when they shook hands.
When contacted, Kok said the incident occurred after she had explained her video "Onederful Malaysia CNY 2014" to about a crowd of 300, when a man in his 30s approached her as she was sitting down.
"He said he wanted to shake my hand. So I extended my hand and shook his. Only then I realised he held an egg in his palm. The egg broke, soiling my hands and a little spilled on my clothes," she toldMalaysiakini.
Kok said the man made to leave as soon as the egg broke, but was soon surrounded.
The situation then soon turned slightly chaotic and she claimed she did not know what happened to the man.
Kok: I did not insult Malays, soldiers or Islam
During her ceramah, Kok told the crowd that she did not insult the Malays, their religion or the soldiers who fought during the Lahad Datu incursion in Sabah with her video.
She said the crowd remained calm during her presentation even when she told them that they should judge the matter for themselves after viewing her 11-minute “creation”, where she acted as a host to three Feng Shui masters.
"I also told the crowd that Pakatan Rakyat leaders are being continously attacked, for example PKR defacto leader Anwar Ibrahim with the sodomy charges and DAP national chief Karpal Singh with the sedition charge," she added.
Kok was heavily criticised for her video, resulting in a protest by a coalition of Malay NGOs who slaughtered chickens and smeared the blood over banners featuring the faces of several opposition leaders, including her own.
The group also offered bounty (below) to anyone who was willing to slap Kok and take a recording of the act.
However, Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi later dismissed the slap cash offer, stating it does not constitute a threat.
Kok had been invited by Solidarity Anak Muda Malaysia (Samm) to show and explain the content of her video to the public.
Accompanying Kokduring the ceramah was DAP's Bukit Mertajam MP Steven Sim and PAS' Changkat Jering assemblyperson Nizar Jamaluddin.
Emboldened by Najib gov't's inaction
Sim, when contacted by Malaysiakini, said he had initially not planned to attend the ceramah but changed his mind after being informed that Kok would be around his constituency.
"We had heard from sources that there would be trouble so I came to see if I could help.
"After ‘attacking’ Kok, the man was prevented from leaving by several members of the crowd and was later carted away by police who were at the ceramah site," he said.
Sim (left) said it was unfortunate that this incident happened just three days before International Women's Day.
"This is not only gutter politics and politics of hatred and violence but also the bullying of a woman leader.
"We have never seen male leaders subjected to threats like that, from being target of the slap-offer and now this," he added.
Sim said the attackers are definitely emboldened by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak-government's inaction against the earlier slap offer and chicken slaughter incidences.
He urged Najib to “stop the madness” and come out to condemn both the chicken blood protesters and tonight’s attacker, as well as take stern legal action against them.
Kok, however, denied that she had been slapped by the unidentified assailant, as reported by a Malay-language daily.
Utusan Malaysia had, around midnight, sent an SMS alert stating: “Seputeh MP Teresa Kok was slapped by an unknown man after a ceramah at Taman Cermai, Permatang Pauh at 11.30pm”.However, the Umno-owned daily soon issued a correction stating that Kok had not been slapped but was instead “handed” a rotten egg by a man, which later broke when they shook hands.
When contacted, Kok said the incident occurred after she had explained her video "Onederful Malaysia CNY 2014" to about a crowd of 300, when a man in his 30s approached her as she was sitting down.
"He said he wanted to shake my hand. So I extended my hand and shook his. Only then I realised he held an egg in his palm. The egg broke, soiling my hands and a little spilled on my clothes," she toldMalaysiakini.
Kok said the man made to leave as soon as the egg broke, but was soon surrounded.
The situation then soon turned slightly chaotic and she claimed she did not know what happened to the man.
Kok: I did not insult Malays, soldiers or Islam
During her ceramah, Kok told the crowd that she did not insult the Malays, their religion or the soldiers who fought during the Lahad Datu incursion in Sabah with her video.
She said the crowd remained calm during her presentation even when she told them that they should judge the matter for themselves after viewing her 11-minute “creation”, where she acted as a host to three Feng Shui masters."I also told the crowd that Pakatan Rakyat leaders are being continously attacked, for example PKR defacto leader Anwar Ibrahim with the sodomy charges and DAP national chief Karpal Singh with the sedition charge," she added.
Kok was heavily criticised for her video, resulting in a protest by a coalition of Malay NGOs who slaughtered chickens and smeared the blood over banners featuring the faces of several opposition leaders, including her own.
The group also offered bounty (below) to anyone who was willing to slap Kok and take a recording of the act.
However, Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi later dismissed the slap cash offer, stating it does not constitute a threat.
Kok had been invited by Solidarity Anak Muda Malaysia (Samm) to show and explain the content of her video to the public.Accompanying Kokduring the ceramah was DAP's Bukit Mertajam MP Steven Sim and PAS' Changkat Jering assemblyperson Nizar Jamaluddin.
Emboldened by Najib gov't's inaction
Sim, when contacted by Malaysiakini, said he had initially not planned to attend the ceramah but changed his mind after being informed that Kok would be around his constituency.
"We had heard from sources that there would be trouble so I came to see if I could help.
"After ‘attacking’ Kok, the man was prevented from leaving by several members of the crowd and was later carted away by police who were at the ceramah site," he said.
Sim (left) said it was unfortunate that this incident happened just three days before International Women's Day."This is not only gutter politics and politics of hatred and violence but also the bullying of a woman leader.
"We have never seen male leaders subjected to threats like that, from being target of the slap-offer and now this," he added.
Sim said the attackers are definitely emboldened by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak-government's inaction against the earlier slap offer and chicken slaughter incidences.
He urged Najib to “stop the madness” and come out to condemn both the chicken blood protesters and tonight’s attacker, as well as take stern legal action against them.
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