Crackhouse Comedy Club owners Rizal Van Geyzel and Shankar R Santhiram have sent a letter of demand to Kuala Lumpur mayor Mahadi Che Ngah over media reports that the former had been permanently banned from registering any business in the nation’s capital.
The duo claimed that they received no official notice from the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) on the matter and are now seeking Mahadi to clarify whether the statements made by Deputy Federal Territories Minister Jalaluddin Alias were true.
Yesterday, Berita Harian reported Jalaluddin as saying that Rizal (above) was permanently blacklisted and the DBKL’s licensing committee had decided to revoke the comedy club's licence effective July 30.
The letter of demand, sighted by Malaysiakini, demanded that official notice be provided within 48 hours of the prohibition and license revocation.
Failure to do so will result in the duo seeking relief from the High Court.
“Our clients never received any notice or official letter to be informed of the matters (stated in the media reports).
“If the matters reported in the media are true, then the right to livelihood of our clients guaranteed under the Federal Constitution will be seriously affected.
“The decisions made by DBKL are clearly unreasonable and irrational. Our clients have never been found guilty of any offence that justifies such decision,” read the letter of demand prepared by law firm Karpal Singh & Co.
It also stated that a failure to provide an official notice will result in the assumption that the decision made was final.
Crackhouse came under heavy scrutiny recently over a controversial performance that touched on Islam, which saw a woman and her boyfriend getting arrested.
Rizal later landed in hot water too when several old videos of his comedy performances resurfaced. He was arrested by the police later on July 14 and held on remand.
He is facing three charges under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act (CMA), to which he pled not guilty.
Several days later, the comedy club in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur was vandalised and Rizal received a death threat, which was sent to his wife.
The police believed the two incidents were connected. -Mkini
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