Cops question Siti Hasmah over Purple Walk speech

Updated 6 years ago · Published on 26 Jan 2018 11:40AM · 4 Comments

Dr Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali (centre) and Marina Mahathir (right), leading the Purple Walk with 1,000 participants in Kuala Lumpur on September 10, 2017. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, January 26, 2018.

DR Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali is being questioned by police this morning for addressing the Purple Walk, a gathering of women united against the current state of Malaysian politics on September 10, 2017.

Dr Siti Hasmah, 91, the wife of opposition leader Dr Mahathir Mohamad, gave a short speech while standing on top the back of a pick-up truck to some 1,000 women dressed in purple who marched from the Maju Junction shopping mall to Pertama Complex in the city centre.

Marina Mahathir today tweeted that her mother is being questioned over her speech at the event organised by Bersih chairman Maria Chin Abdullah and G25 member Noor Farida Ariffin in September.

“Morning all! Off to lend support to Mum while she’s being questioned by the cops for her speech at #wanitabantahpolitiktoksik last September. Imagine that! Some of us women going to keep her company. #whatisthiscountrycomingto,” Marina tweeted.

Dr Siti Hasmah urged the women to oppose “toxic politics”, including injustice against women, political violence, using threats, racism, sexism, hate speech, abuse of the law and disregard of the federal constitution.

Other prominent women at the march included lawyer Ambiga Sreenavasan, PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar.

Dr Siti Hasmah is to be questioned at 11am at Yayasan Al Bukhari, according to Wanita Ungu. Also present today are Marina, Maria, Ambiga, former New Straits Times editors and Sisters in Islam representatives.

Some officers arrived at 11am and a police car was seen leaving the premises just after noon. – January 26, 2018.

Marina Mahathir tweeted this photograph of the women in purple at Yayasan al-Bukhary where her mother, Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali, is being questioned today. – Twitter pic, January 26, 2018.

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  • OMG senior citizen ...............called by police.....

    Posted 6 years ago by Mohanarajan murugeson · Reply

  • I'm confused as to why Dr Siti Hasmah is being questioned. Is it against the law to speak out against toxic politics in Malaysia? Or are the authorities against the colour purple?

    Posted 6 years ago by Shashi Narayanan · Reply

  • What is so wrong about giving that speech? The gov is really panic.

    Posted 6 years ago by Awang Top · Reply

  • It seems like our Police has nothing better to do. What a bloody useless force. Instead of protecting citizens rights to speak, it has been compromises used by the Najib government to harass critics and opppsition politicians.

    Posted 6 years ago by Rupert Lum · Reply