Ambiga: Growth of civil society not to blame for teen pranks


Bersih co-chairman Datuk Ambiga Sreenavasan. File pic
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11 The expansion of polite multitude activism following Bersih 2.0's annual rallies might have desirous copycat gatherings inhabitant though its co-chairman Datuk Ambiga Sreenavasan has disagreed which this could have spurred polite disobedience between the country's youths.
The distinguished former Bar Council president as good as polite multitude activist toldThe Malaysian Insiderthat gatherings similar to the Merdeka night before "Janji Demokrasi" should not be blamed for the controversial picture-stomping incident involving the organisation of teenagers.
"We have been carrying some-more such gatherings around... not usually Bersih... similar to the green movement, as good as so on. It is common as good as there is no wrong in it.
"And for me, it is unequivocally how these things have been rubbed by the authorities upon the ground, as good as of course, the organisers," she said.
Ambiga, who is the co-chairman of the 82-member Bersih 2.0 election watchdog, remarkable which combined frequency of some-more such open gatherings should be expected as the natural precursor to any entirely functioning democracy in the world.
They should not be tampered with as the deliberate plan to create the "mob culture" in multitude , she said.
"To be honest, the military have been removing better as good as better as good as things have been apropos pleasant.
"If things have been rubbed well, there will be no problem. A lot of these (problems) movement from the behaviour of the military as good as the organisers of such events," she added.
But nonetheless "Janji Demokrasi" had been organised by the series of Bersih 2.0's member groups, Ambiga insisted which the eventu! ality it self had not condoned the teenagers' offensive behaviours.
During the gathering, the organisation of youths believed to be participants, were seen stomping upon as good as mooning over the photographs of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, his wife as good as Election Commission (EC) chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof.
Ambiga pronounced the youths' actions was never encouraged, indicating out which the alternative "Janji Demokrasi" participants had behaved in "exemplary" fashion, setting an "excellent e.g. for these children".
"I do not see any attribute between the dual incidents. The Janji Demokrasi gathering... they were so well-behaved," she said.
According toBernama Onlineyesterday, the total of 427 military reports have given been lodged upon the incident, which had immediately kicked off the firestorm of protests from supervision leaders.
The military have additionally shaped 3 special teams to investigate the make the difference underneath the Sedition Act, the Peaceful Assembly Act as good as the Penal Code, detached from detaining several teenagers who had come forward to admit which they were part of the organisation destroying the photographs.
One 19-year-old tyro who certified to mooning over the pictures have additionally been diminished from college for showing disregard to the inhabitant leader.
Joining most alternative polite multitude activists as good as antithesis leaders, Ambiga spoke out in defence of the youths, as good as slammed the authorities for meting such harsh punishment upon those who have been detained.
She pronounced photographs in the media showing how during slightest dual youths, together with the 19-year-old boy as good as the womanlike teenager, were handcuffed for such minor acts of disregard had "shocked as good as disgusted her".
"When I read how they were handcuffed, pictures in the press as good as their poor parents put ! in the i n front of to apologise... my own perspective is which this is pristine intimidation opposite these dual youths, who during best, we can say they were usually concerned in the prank.
"I do not condone it though they have been young... it is shocking, really, as good as really frankly, I was disgusted with how they were treated," she said.
The distinguished counsel combined which the actions of the youths were in no approach seditious in inlet as during such the immature age, they were merely following in the footsteps of the adult politicians who have oftentimes been seen behaving the same offensive acts though were authorised to go unpunished.
"So my perspective here is which the government, the authorities have been using the nuclear weapon to kill the fly.
"You do not understanding with youths in this demeanour - they have their total lives ahead of them though in usually the single event, we have severely traumatised them as good as stolen divided their futures," she said.
Ambiga suggested which the mere written rebuke should have been sufficient to set the teenagers back upon the right path, if during all the supervision longed for to punish them for their actions.
Otherwise, she pronounced the incident should have merely been abandoned as the open uproar over the youths' actions over the Internet should have helped teach them the lesson.
Many antithesis politicians have railed opposite the authorities for behaving so speedily to rebuke the youths for the incident when they had unsuccessful to do the same opposite pro-Umno, pro-BN as good as Perkasa activists who had in the past committed the same offences.
The Malay right wing organisation Perkasa had in May this year organised the ridicule wake for Penang Chief Minister as good as DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng.
The group's leaders, as good as alternative pro-Umno activists have additionally hold countless protests wher! e the ph otographs of distinguished Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders as good as Ambiga herself.
The Bersih 2.0 leader had additionally found herself the target of such attacks following the group's last convene in the city earlier this year.
Shortly after the event, the organisation of traders erected the burger stall outside her home, deliberately handing out beef burgers in the direct insult to Ambiga, who is not usually vegetarian though additionally the Hindu.
Apart from that, the organisation of army veterans had additionally achieved butt exercises outside her home.
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