April 5th, 2006

UMNO Youth or ‘Gangster youth’ ??
巫青团变相恐吓-盧誠國的最後通牒

In his speech, Loh complained about ‘imbalanced’ history textbooks, new prayer recital guidelines and the problems faced by non-Muslims with regards to places of worship. He said the syllabus of history textbooks ignored the contribution of non-bumiputeras and only emphasised on the Islamic civilisation.

It was reported that, six days later, Kelana Jaya division chief Abdul Halim Samad led a group of party members to pay Loh a surprise visit at his Subang Jaya service centre, and handed him a protest letter.

According to Malaysiakini, Abdul Halim told him, “We don’t want to hear any explanation now; this is our letter, you read and answer it.”

The MP was also purportedly told that Umno Youth would “take action” if he failed to respond to the letter within several days. Malaysiakini termed it as giving Loh an ultimatum.

MCA Youth chief Liow Tiong Lai was quoted by Oriental Daily News (April 3, Pg A6) as saying that Umno Youth’s act was rude and defiant of the Barisan Nasional spirit.

Liow said Umno Youth should Loh’s rights to sir his views freely as a parliamentarian.

He pledged that MCA Youth would stand by Loh thick and thin as the youth wing concurs with the latter’s position. As such, MCA Youth will not allow Loh to face the issue alone.