Nearly dual years ago, a Penang PR state supervision had set up a Speakers' Square in Padang Kota Lama to permit not only freedom of debate though additionally freedom after speech. The Speakers' Square upholds a suggestion of, "I may disagree with what you contend though we will defend to a genocide your right to contend it". The Speakers' Square is for a open to use to allow them to express themselves openly but threats or fear. For this reason a state supervision has frequency organized any events in Speakers' corner.
On 26 February 2012, we arrived during 6.30 pm in Padang Kota Lama to attend a Himpunan Hijau 2.0 eventuality organized by a Penang NGO Suaram to intent to a Lynas singular earth estimate plant in Kuantan. Before my arrival, Penang Senior EXCO part of YB Chow Kon Yeow who was there during 6 pm, had sensitive me by phone of disruption of a peaceful rally by UMNO as well as Perkasa members.
YB Chow said which there were 1,000 people opposite Lynas as compared to 100 UMNO as well as Perkasa members ancillary Lynas. He told me a UMNO as well as Perkasa members were behaving violently. The UMNO as well as Perkasa members were vigourously pulling a anti-Lynas people, forcibly trying to disperse them as well as force them to leave a field. Fortunately a anti-Lynas people did not retort to a UMNO as well as Perkasa members' aroused behaviour. They only sat down upon a field, refusing to leave as systematic by UMNO as well as Perkasa.
"Cina Babi, Penang Cina bodoh"
we decided to proceed to a Himpunan Hijau 2.0 eventuality as well as arrived during 6.30pm in my official automobile PG1. On at! tainment we became a aim of a UMNO as well as Perkasa members' aroused behaviour. They used foul language, abuse difference as well as secular epithets such as "Cina Babi, Penang Cina bodoh, babi sokong Lim Guan Eng Ketua Menteri".
The UMNO as well as Perkasa members surged forward, pointing their fists during me, again regulating extremist denunciation as well as melancholy difference similar to "you jaga". If not for a members of open toll me in protection, we hold they would have pounded me.
This aroused conduct does not represent Malay enlightenment or Malaysian spirit. we do not assimilate why they have been so worked up in ancillary Lynas which is an Australian company. They have a right to await Lynas though these UMNO as well as Perkasa members cannot prevent others from opposing Lynas.
Speech disrupted
we afterwards went up to a theatre to deliver my debate with YB Chow by my side. My debate opposite Lynas was regularly disrupted by a UMNO as well as Perkasa members who stood less than a scale from me.
In my debate we had stressed which a opposition to a Lynas plant is not a secular though an environmental issue inspiring all regardless of race or religion. The estimate of singular earth has radioactive negative effects. How critical these goods have been can be seen by a fact which Lynas cannot even get capitulation from its own Australian supervision to set up a plant in Australia. If Lynas plant explodes, afterwards everybody will humour a Chinese will suffer, a Malays will suffer, a Indians will suffer, a Kadazans will suffer, a Ibans will suffer. We contingency not select income over a health.
Journalist harm trying to protect me
After my debate we went down a theatre to greet a anti-Lynas people. There was a lot of pulling as w! ell as s hoving, a same abusive denunciation as well as secular slurs as well as aroused threats opposite me with fists forked during me by a Perkasa as well as UMNO members. we did not declare a aroused attacks by UMNO as well as Perkasa members upon a dual Kwong Wah Jit Poh journalists, Chew Seng Tung as well as Lee Hong Chun.
However we am beholden to Chew who was vigourously pounded by a UMNO as well as Perkasa members for preventing a UMNO members from aggressive me. Chew had 8 stitches upon his harmed finger while Lee had a bruise upon his head. we hold which there have been some-more who were strike by a UMNO as well as Perkasa members.
This is not a first time which reporters have been harmed by aroused UMNO as well as Perkasa members. In an bootleg proof in July last year, dual reporters were harmed in a proof attended by UMNO Senator Ezam Mohd Nor. To date no action has been taken by a military opposite those who assaulted a dual reporters.
Hit as well as separate during my car
The UMNO as well as Perkasa members one after another their aroused poise towards me entrance as close as 1 scale when we went to my car. Even after getting into my official car, they one after another to strike my car, separate upon it as well as refused to let my automobile leave. The anti-Lynas throng showed restraint as well as did not retort opposite a UMNO as well as Perkasa aroused behaviour.
Seeing their aroused behaviour, we felt in jeopardy by UMNO as well as Perkasa members scarcely 2 days after a event. we am repelled which BN, generally Penang UMNO as well as Gerakan (Dato Musa Sheikh Fadzir as well as Dato Seri Teng Hock Nan) continues to await a aroused poise of UMNO as well as Perkasa members towards a Kwong Jit Poh reporters as well as a anti-Lynas public. Instead of a open apology by BN for their UMNO as well as Perkasa's aroused behaviour, both of them try to blame me.
Yet Umno as well as Gerakan condone such violence
Clearly a injuries suffered by a reporters have been not enough for UMNO as well as Gerakan to compute who have been a criminals as well as who have been a victims. we hold which these irresponsible comments by UMNO as well as Gerakan leaders have been intended to justify a inexcusable aroused poise of UMNO as well as Perkasa members.
When UMNO as well as Gerakan do not even condemn aroused attacks by UMNO as well as Perkasa members upon reporters covering a event, my personal reserve is not guaranteed. Just similar to a dual reporters, if we am vigourously pounded by UMNO as well as Perkasa members, we will regularly be wrong as well as instead a UMNO as well as Perkasa enemy will be a victims.
For my personal safety, we hereby board a military inform opposite aroused threats by UMNO as well as Perkasa members. Should anything occur to me, UMNO as well as Perkasa have to bear full responsibility. It is up to a military to show which they can perform their duties but fright of foster by acting not only opposite a UMNO as well as Perkasa members who assaulted a dual reporters though additionally those who in jeopardy me.
LIM GUAN ENG IS THE DAP SECRETARY-GENERAL AND PENANG CHIEF MINISTER
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