An anti-Bersih supporter has threatened its chairman with her life if the rally takes place.
PETALING JAYA: Bersih 2.0 chairperson, Ambiga Sreenevasan, has been warned that her life is at stake if the “Walk for Democracy” rally proceeds on July 9.
In a text message sent to Ambiga and the press at 1.57am this morning, the unknown sender said, “If the rally takes place my people and I will kill Ambiga and all those around her one by one including the idiot politicians who are in cahoots with this infidel. This is my warning. You watch out.”
The text was written in Malay and some FMT reporters have also received it. But it isn’t clear whether any members of the public have also got it.
The sender also questioned if the people were blind in that they didn’t see that Ambiga was being used as a tool to destroy Malay unity.
“The PAS and PKR camps are are both deaf and blind. If the Election Commission wasn’t clean, could they have won Selangor, Kedah, Penang, Kelantan and Perak?”
The sender also slammed DAP and called it “Cina sial” for standing on the sidelines while the Malays were at each other’s throats.
“At the end of the day, DAP will rule this country and turn all of us into Christians. Mark my words.”
In a text message to FMT, Ambiga said, “Yes many members of the media have received this. So have I. Am making a police report.”
The Home Ministry yesterday said that police permits will not be issued to Bersih 2.0, Umno Youth and Perkasa to conduct mass gatherings and marches on July 9.
At least 422 police reports have so far been lodged against the rally and its organisers condemning it as a plot to overturn the government.
Perkasa and Gerak Aman, a coalition of 57 NGOs, have announced that they will counter the Bersih rally. Umno Youth, meanwhile, is organising a march on the same day to hand over a memorandum to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
Mad dog barking
Meanwhile a member of the Bersih steering committee, Wong Chin Huat, who also received the text last night, reiterated Bersih’s determination to carry on with the rally.
“It shows that they are cowards,” he told FMT. “They know they cannot win with reason so they have to resort to this which further proves that dirty elections are backed by violence.”
Wong acknowledged that the text would probably spark anxiety among ordinary Malaysians but called on them not to back down from making a stand on July 9.
“What do you do if a mad dog is barking at you?” he asked. “If you run you get bitten from behind. If you stand your ground, the dog may have to eventually back off.”
“If Malaysians back down because of threats of violence, we will never be safe because we have given a victory to thugs. Even if you disagree with Bersih and support dirty elections, you should never support violence.”
Wong added that the coalition was taking the threat very seriously but assured that they were neither paranoid nor fearful.
“None of these things will stop us,” he said. “We believe that enough Malaysians will stand by us.”
