MALAYSIA reached a new low when authorities decided to question Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali for her participation in a women’s rally, said Umno veteran Rafidah Aziz.
The former international trade and industry minister questioned why the authorities could not show a little respect to the very people who laid the foundation of this country.
She then tore in those “holding positions of trust”.
“This nation has been shamed by so many misdemeanors of those holding positions of trust.
“And now this? How low are the people in authority going to stoop?
“Clearly, some have lost the moral and ethical authority to govern,” Rafidah said.
Rafidah also questioned that if the freedom of speech was outlawed in Malaysia and the nation is becoming a dictatorship.
“Are we becoming a dictatorial nation? Why are the messengers being taken action upon? Are some people so desperate to silence any dissenting voice?”
Dr Siti Hasmah, 91, had given a short speech, while standing on the back of a pickup truck, to some 1,000 women dressed in purple, who marched from the Maju Junction shopping mall to Pertama Complex in the city centre.
She had urged the women to oppose “toxic politics”, including injustice against women, political violence, the use of threats, racism, sexism, hate speech, abuse of the law and disregard for the federal constitution.
She was questioned earlier yesterday at Dr Mahathir’s office at Yayasan al-Bukhary for allegedly violating the Peaceful Assembly Act. – January 27, 2018.
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Siti Hasmah just been questioned, not been trown into ISA like Zimbabwe nation
Most of citizens now see it that way
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