Today the Umno Supreme Council has finally bowed to intense preasure and suspended the Penang warlord Ahmad Ismail for 3 years from the party, he however does have the right to appeal. As I see it, this is not the end of this ugly episode. This obviously in the eyes of many is incitement and seditious..not only the speech per se, but his conduct as well during the length of this fiasco. His behavior has been offensive and inciteful, stoked up racial tensions in a time of great political uncertainty. It is therefore the responsibility of the authorities to ensure that this episode never happens again, and to make would be offenders think twice before stoking up racial sentiments.
Its only proper that he be investigated and appropriate action then be taken against him. Also Penang Umno secretary Azhar Ibrahim has a lot of explaining to do on his remarks about the reporter who exposed this scandal ought to be shot. This behavior is totally unacceptable for someone of his stature, he is an elected representative and he ought be made answerable for his threatening remarks. Malaysiakini has yesterday highlighted this issue and it will be interesting to see what comes out of this. By the looks of it there is a whole can worms waiting to be opened.
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