Muda man slammed over ‘tone deaf’ message on DAP rep’s passing

 

One DAP man told Selangor Muda deputy chief R Siva Prakash to ‘just express your condolences like any other person’. (Facebook pic)

PETALING JAYA: A Muda leader has drawn criticism over a “tone deaf” message conveying his condolences to the loved ones of Kuala Kubu Baharu assemblyman Lee Kee Hiong, who died after a battle with cancer today.

Selangor Muda deputy chief R Siva Prakash had conveyed his condolences on X, saying: “I have asked my friends to cancel my birthday celebration out of respect for the mourning period for the late Lee. My deepest condolences to her family and acquaintances.”

Without mentioning Siva, DAP’s Skudai assemblyman Marina Ibrahim said he should just text his friends directly if he wanted to cancel his birthday party.

“It’s totally unrelated to include (the cancellation of your birthday party) in expressing your condolences out of respect for the deceased,” she said on X.

DAP’s Shah Alam city councillor Shakir Ameer Mohideen also hit out at Siva, saying the message from the Muda leader was “tone deaf”.

“No one cares whether it’s your birthday or not. You can just express your condolences like any other person,” he said in reply to Siva’s post on X.

Netizens also slammed Siva, who contested against Lee for the Kuala Kubu Baharu seat in the August state election, with some urging him to apologise.

Siva was among Muda’s 19 candidates in the state polls, all of whom lost their deposits.

Lee had won the seat for a third consecutive term last year with a majority of 4,119 votes over Perikatan Nasional’s Teoh Kien Hong. Siva only managed to garner 1,186 votes. - FMT