Hundreds gathered outside Istana Negara in Kuala Lumpur to submit a memorandum to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong seeking his intervention concerning a “failed” government.
Among them was former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Without furnishing evidence or statistics, the 98-year-old politician claimed that the high cost of living and economic situation are driving Malays to commit suicide and murder.
“There are those who killed their mothers, who killed their parents because they lost their source (of income) and are very pressured,” he said.
Four representatives from the NGO Pembela Tanah Air (Peta) submitted the memorandum which mentioned that there have been 17 suicide cases in Kelantan since 2021.
Malay rulers insulted
The memorandum claimed that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s government failed to “safeguard the welfare of Malaysia and its people as well as the sovereignty of Islam and Malays”.
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The memorandum also stated that Malay rulers were insulted due to the allegation that the opposition attempted to bribe the monarch to engineer a coup against the government.
Apart from this, it also claimed the courts are encroaching on the role of Malay rulers as the head of Islamic affairs in their respective states.
Also present was Peta coordinator Badrul Hisham Shaharin, who is popularly known as Chegubard.
Chegubard blamed “AZD” (Anwar, Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and DAP) for being the source of racial tensions and political instability.
He also accused the government of using MACC and the Communications and Multimedia Commission to clamp down on dissent.
The crowd was led with chants of “hidup rakyat” (long live the people), “Anwar derhaka” (Anwar is a traitor), “daulat tuanku” (long live the king), and a takbir (proclamation). - Mkini
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