Malaysiakini - Don't act on your own, Perak MB tells NGO that forced mart to get rid of booze:
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Perak Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu has issued a soft reminder against an NGO that forced a convenience store in Manjoi to get rid of their alcohol stock.
Faizal said he understood the sentiments of the NGO, as Kampung Manjoi is one of the biggest Malay villages in Malaysia.
However, he said they should not have acted on their own, and should instead have lodged a complaint with the authorities.
"When the NGO acts on its own, it can raise all sorts of other issues... My advice to the NGO is, if they see things like this, they can lodge a complaint with the government, and let the government deal with it," the menteri besar told Malaysiakiniwhen contacted.
Why only 'soft reminder'?
Faizal said he understood the sentiments of the NGO, as Kampung Manjoi is one of the biggest Malay villages in Malaysia.
However, he said they should not have acted on their own, and should instead have lodged a complaint with the authorities.
"When the NGO acts on its own, it can raise all sorts of other issues... My advice to the NGO is, if they see things like this, they can lodge a complaint with the government, and let the government deal with it," the menteri besar told Malaysiakiniwhen contacted.
Why only 'soft reminder'?
Those intruders were criminals and should be charged, made to pay compensation to the shop owner and jailed.
They should not be allowed to take the law into their fanatical hands.
Meanwhile over in Sabah, PAS has objected to the erection of the Mazu statue in Kudat. Why doesn't PAS mind its own business when for a start it doesn't even have any support in Sabah.
Please do NOT interfere nor intrude into non-Muslims' beliefs and preferences as the non-Muslims don't interfere nor wish to with Islamic beliefs.
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Mazu - Goddess of the seas and sailors |
The above reminded my Uncles of the Kuan Yin statue in Ayer Itam Kek Lok Si temple which was objected to by UMNO people years ago.
The very tall statue was eventually truncated in height to appease the fanatics but which looked so grotesque that the Buddhists got rid of it and built a new one which was smaller but properly proportioned.
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new Kuanyin |
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old (truncated) Kuanyin |