Saturday, February 7, 2009

Will Najib be boycotted tonight? - Malaysiakini

Andrew Ong | Feb 7, 09 3:57pm



The talk of Ipoh today is whether Deputy Premier Najib Abdul Razak will face the wrath of the Chinese community when he attends a Chinese New Year function tonight.

Since Wednesday, buntings advertising the event at the SRJK Yuk Choy school have dotted various parts of the city. However, the organiser of the event is still unknown.

Najib has been credited as the mastermind behind the unpopular Barisan Nasional takeover of the state government by courting four Pakatan Rakyat state representatives to defect.

A flurry of text messages in various languages have been making rounds asking locals to boycott the event. One text message called Najib's event a "big show".

"To the wise and kind people, protect democracy, reject corruption, uphold the law. The proud people of Perak, reject him (Najib). Do not attend. Let him witness our strength. Please pass this on," read the text message.

A separate text message called on the public to hold a candle light vigil opposite the school tonight in protest of the takeover.

"I will go, dressed in white as though I'm going for a funeral to symbolise my protest," a 28-year-old lawyer told Malaysiakini.

More news at: www.malaysiakini.com

From MStar:


Mesyuarat BN Perak 5 petang dihadiri Najib dibatal

Oleh ZANARIAH ABD. MUTALIB

[DIKEMAS KINI] PETALING JAYA: Mesyuarat Barisan Nasional (BN) Perak yang dijadualkan berlangsung pada pukul 5 petang ini dibatalkan berikutan Pengerusi BN negeri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak tidak dapat hadir.

Setiausaha Umno Negeri, Datuk Ramly Zahari berkata, beliau dimaklumkan mengenai perkara itu kira-kira pukul 3 petang tadi.

"Mesyuarat tersebut terpaksa dibatalkan kerana Datuk Seri Najib mempunyai urusan penting di Kuala Lumpur," katanya kepada mStar Online, hari ini.

Beliau berkata, mesyuarat tersebut ditunda ke satu tarikh yang belum ditetapkan.

Selepas mesyuarat itu Najib dijadual mengadakan sidang media dan menghadiri majlis sambutan Tahun Baru Cina Barisan Nasional (BN) di SJK (C) Yuk Choy, yang terletak berdekatan dengan kediaman rasmi Mentri Besar.

Dalam pada itu, Setiausaha Kerja BN Perak, Datuk Hasbullah Osman ketika dihubungi The Star berkata, mesyuarat tersebut ditangguhkan sehingga esok.

Kata beliau, pembatalan pertemuan petang ini adalah disebabkan faktor-faktor yang tidak dapat dielakkan.

Ketua Polis Perak, Datuk Zulkifli Abdullah semasa dihubungi enggan menyatakan sebab mesyuarat tersebut dibatalkan.

"Tanya penganjur... bagaimanapun kami akan menempatkan anggota di kawasan berkenaan untuk mengelakkan sebarang kejadian tidak diingini," katamya.

Pagi ini, DAP pula telah meminta anggotanya supaya menyertai himpunan membawa lilin di kawasan sambutan Tahun Baru Cina Barisan Nasional sebagai tanda protes terhadap ikatan itu ekoran tumbangnya kerajaan negeri Pakatan Rakyat.

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