Umno man denies threatening Waytha Moorthy’s aide

SM Amin SM Amin Updated 7 years ago · Published on 23 Nov 2018 7:00AM · 8 Comments

Umno is leading the charge to pressure the government into abandoning its plana to ratify a pact against racial discrimination, on grounds it will provoke the Malays and trigger racial conflict. It has the backing of Islamist party PAS, which has declared the ICERD to be a plot to destroy religion. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, November 23, 2018.

A PERAK Umno leader has denied threatening the political secretary to Minister P. Waytha Moorthy, claiming a video clip of the Monday incident was “edited”.

Syed Afzarizal Syed Salim, who is a Umno Tapah branch committee member, said he was merely trying to hand P. Muniandy a letter of protest.

“I had already received instructions from the police not to touch (the aide) and to just hand over the letter,” Syed Afzarizal told The Malaysian Insight.

He said he was told that he would be arrested if he were to manhandle the aide.

“I gave my assurance that I wouldn’t touch him, I would only give him the letter.”

In the five-minute video, Syed Afzarizal is seen attempting to block Muniandy’s car from exiting a school where he had just attended a programme. 

“I was not stopping the car. I was waiting at the front gate to hand him the protest note. He insisted on driving on, so I stood my ground near the gate.”

Syed Afzarizal and several individuals then urge Muniandy not to be afraid and to get out of his car to receive a protest note addressed to Waytha Moorthy, who is leading the Pakatan Harapan government’s efforts to ratify the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD).

Syed Afzarizal is heard sternly warning the minister not to threaten the special rights of the Malays and Islam, saying there has been “enough of a dark history with May 13, 1969. Don’t let there be any other nonsense”.

The incident took place at the front gate of SK Datuk Kelana school in Tapah.

Muniandy lodged a police report on Wednesday, saying he was threatened.

Syed Afzarizal said he, too, had filed a report and has offered to fully cooperate with the police.

“I have also lodged a police report on the incident, saying I did not make threats or do anything.

“I have the proof with me. The video was edited by irresponsible parties. The complete video is with me.”

ICERD is one of six human rights treaties Waytha Moorthy said the government hoped to ratify by the first quarter of 2019.

The treaty has received strong opposition from Malay rights groups, as well as Umno and PAS which are planning a massive street protest in Kuala Lumpur on December 8 to oppose its ratification.

Malaysia, along with Myanmar, North Korea and Brunei, is among is the 14 countries yet to ratify the convention. – November 23, 2018.

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  • First you threatened now you say the video is edited. Common be a man and own up.

    Posted 7 years ago by Adrian Tan · Reply

  • This is s coward! If you threatened someone, own up la! Now your tail between your legs, because police investigating.
    Charge this man for threatening a government official and obstructing him from carrying out his duties.. The police must not be bias in their actions if they are committed to their responsibilities.

    Posted 7 years ago by TTs Take · Reply

  • Thats the problem with these people - they do things without thinking or using their little brains of the repercussions.. then when things go sour, outright denial...

    Posted 7 years ago by TTs Take · Reply

  • Why bola sudah kecut when the police are investigating? The reference to May 13 1969 in itself is criminal intimidation.

    Posted 7 years ago by Gerard Lourdesamy · Reply

  • Another Jamal Jamban and Ali Tinju in the making.

    Posted 7 years ago by Justin Leno · Reply

  • With video evidence, Syed Afzarizal still insist on lying. UMNO culture can never change, only going down the slope to irrelevance and oblivion.

    Posted 7 years ago by Panchen Low · Reply

  • There did not appear to be any "editing" of the video. The police can compare the two versions, or let the public see both and decide. If there is any "editing", it will the special edition that has appeared after the incident and
    which is meant for the police to "clear" somebody. From the body movements in the video seen by the public,

    Posted 7 years ago by Ravinder Singh · Reply

  • ......... it is obviously clear those threatening words were indeed said.

    Posted 7 years ago by Ravinder Singh · Reply