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9 Nov 2016

The keyword is ‘point blank’. With the seven gunshots, which were never meant to kill, I believe the TMJ was trying to wake up people in the likes of Armand and Jamal.

TMJ got the point, but why not the Umno duo?

Stephen Ng

COMMENT I wonder why after the Tunku Mahkota Johor (TMJ) has already put it point blank, two Umno leaders are not getting the cue.

Despite attracting over 6,000 comments for a single post, and the page being shared by over 45,000 fans from different races, the red-shirt strategy is still being used to threaten the yellow-clad Bersih supporters.

The article in Malaysiakini alone attracted 57 comments and nearly 12,000 shares on Facebook, something that I would personally envy.

It is no point for Umno Youth chief, Khairy Jamaluddin to now distance Umno from the red-shirts; the damage is already done. Umno’s signature is all over the red-shirts. With all the motorcyclists used to harass the Bersih convoys, I even wondered whether these were the Mat Rempits that Khairy had once tried to befriend.
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In a video clip which was uploaded in the Home of the Southern Tigers Facebook and which has gone viral with nearly 1.5 million views, in my opinion, the prince was obviously expressing his disgust with the seven red-shirt supporters who were trying to show off their prowess or ilmu kebal (supernatural power).
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It is obvious that the red-shirts were using the ilmu kebal to show off their prowess with the intention to intimidate the Bersih supporters, yet they were not courageous enough to show their faces.

After firing seven shots, the prince just shrugged his shoulders and walked away. After all, what else can he do to help these people come back to their senses?

Perhaps, it was just coincidental that there were seven red-shirt supporters, but the significance of the seven shots was that, no matter how impenetrable one is, there is nothing like really being undefeatable.

So why has Sungai Besar Umno division chief Jamal Md Yunos and Umno Youth exco member Armand Azha Abu Hanifah not get the point? Did they even have some grey matter to make them think what the TMJ was trying to tell them?

In an instant, their arrogance dissipated into timidity. What the TMJ did was enough to force them to walk away, consoling themselves that the TMJ was merely teasing them.

Read the whole article here: malaysiakini.com/news/362194 

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7 Nov 2016

PETALING JAYA: Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim meant it as a joke, Red Shirts leader Datuk Seri Jamal Yunos said of the Johor prince’s video showing men in red shirts doing silat moves.

Jamal said the Tunku Mahkota Johor (TMJ) has a heart for the people and the video was just for laughs.

“To me TMJ was only joking. As a king who else would he joke with but with the people.

“TMJ is a person with the people’s heart.

“Thank you your highness for responding with a silat demonstration,” Jamal wrote on his Facebook.

Jamal wrote, among others, Bagi saya TMJ saja bergurau, sebagai seorang raja dengan siapa lagi baginda mahu bergurau sudah pasti dengan rakyat. TMJ seorang yang berjiwa rakyat. Terima Kasih kepada baginda kerana respon dengan persembahan silat.

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6 Nov 2016

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Johor Crown Prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim posted a video today to spreadhis message of non-violence and also his criticism of the red shirts movement.

The video, posted on the Johor Southern Tigers Facebook page, had depicted seven masked men parodying the martial arts demonstration performed during a protest by the red shirts movement in Petaling Jaya yesterday.

One character in the video clip was holding a hoe, a possible reference to an incident last month involving the assault of Johor Water Commission staff.

The clip ended with Tunku Ismail rapidly firing seven rounds from his pistol at an unknown target.

He then looks at the camera and shrugs before the video ended.

The accompanying message read: “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. Violence and hatred is not going to make this nation a better place. Stay positive. Lots of love.”

During the protest yesterday, several members of the red shirts movement held a demonstration of their martial arts prowess by allowing themselves to be struck repeatedly by pieces of wood.

One participant smashed a cinder block with his head.

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