
DAP leader and member of Parliament Karpal Singh received a live bullet in an envelope at his law firm in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon. The live bullet was accompanied with a note warning him against speaking out on the controversial issues of Malay rights and the constitutional powers of the sultans.
“Kalau tak berhenti, peluru ini akan melekat pada kepala dahi kau!” (If you don’t stop, this bullet will be lodged in your forehead). The wheelchair-bound politician lodged a police report over the death threat at 5pm at Dang Wangi police station.
Met at the police station later this evening, Karpal told reporters that the envelope was hand-delivered to his receptionist at 12.30pm.
“The man was wearing a helmet and he had his visors drawn down. He left hurriedly,” he said, adding that the police have confirmed that bullet was a 9mm ‘live bullet’.
When quizzed by reporters, Karpal said he had no clue who the culprits were and would not rule out that the incident could be politically motivated.
“It is difficult for me to say, but based on the wordings of the note, it appears to have political motives,” he said. The one-page note, printed in Bahasa Malaysia, added that this was the “first warning”
The DAP chairperson and criminal lawyer found himself some unwanted attention recently when some of the remarks he had made concerning the royalty had come under the spotlight.
Over the past week, the renowned lawyer has had 20 police reports lodged against him after he had said the Sultan of Perak had acted unconstitutionally in the transfer of a religious department official and criticised Regent of Kelantan’s message at a forum last month.
Karpal, who is member of Parliament for Bukit Gelugor in Penang, added that he would consider asking for police protection in the future “if necessary”.
Asked if the incident would change his stand on the Perak Sultan’s recent order for the Religious Department Director Jamry Sury to be reinstated, Karpal said he issue had been deemed settled.
He said that he and other quarters have all voiced their arguments and that there was no need to prolong the debate any further.
Veteran DAP leader Lim Kit Siang described the incident as deplorable and urged the police to get to the bottom of the matter.
“This sort of things should not happen in a country like Malaysia,” said Lim, who were among four DAP MPs to accompanied Karpal to the police station, including his son Gobind who is Puchong MP.
Well done.. there were 100″s of reports lodge against Shah Kirit, a bastard, who condemns and criticize on Hinduism in a close door talk in Alor Star, and darely uploaded the speech clips in youtube. Sad to say, till today, there were no actions taken against him.. Click here to read more about Shah Kirit. Couple of days back I received a comment from anony ( Recent pic of Uthayakumar) , saying that this blog is being watched by police and warned me not to bring up sensitive issues.. (blog ini diperhatikan oleh pihak polis. anda diberi amaran supaya tidak membangkitkan isu-isu sensetif di sini). Dear anony sir, I am not bringing up sensitive issues or creating my own story… all this is the truth happening which people should know and aware of what is going on actually. Karpal Singh had 20 police reports lodged against him after he had said the Sultan of Perak had acted unconstitutionally in the transfer of a religious department official and criticized Regent of Kelantan’s message at a forum last month, immediate action taken against him, enquiries, called up him up to Police Station and TV3, almost everyday highlighted the issue almost everyday and so on.. But there were dozens of police report done through out the nation by INDIANS against a bastard who condemns and insults Hinduism and till today there is no action taken against him! This is the truth!.. The truth will always taste bitter!
May 22, 2008 at 7:50 am
This is how Polis Raja Di Malaysia works. In Rahim Tambys case, all the 11 males involve were charged and the main guy wasnt! Another guy who campaign against Rahim was jailed….now is the Chief Minister of Penang!
The AG too seem to be always looking to charge the wrong persons….the murder charge against the Hindraf supporters ..37 of them for carrying a piece of ROCK and attempting to murder a policeman….hahahahaa…..
All this is possible in Malaysia Bolehland!
Whereas there are so many cases still pending and murder cases being thrown out due to prosecution blunders and lack of evidence!
But in the converted Bastard case…theres hard core evidence of him insulting Hinduisium but the Police seem to have close one eye(maybe following the ex UMNO MP). Could be because the insult is on Hindusim unlike the Dutch producer’s film which triggered world wide protests.
This clearly shows the double standard practise by the Stupid BN…ooops sorry..UMNO Govt. which has liars right from top to bottom.
PM - Biggest Liar- too many to be written here.
Adnan - Says he didnt met Lingam
Hamid - says he didnt revorked Wathamorthy’s passport
SO MANY …..to be listed
May 22, 2008 at 7:53 am
Not forgetting our TV stations especially TV3 for its BIAS news….NTV 7 is slightly better.They interviewed almost Malays to talk about Karpal….all negatively.