Karpal mobbed, MP claims assault

DAP chairperson Karpal Singh was today mobbed by a crowd of angry Umno Youth members at the Parliament lobby, wanting him to apologise for his remarks and accusation made against the movement yesterday.
In the incident which happened at about 2.30pm, the angry Umno Youth members stopped Karpal from entering the House.
About 20 to 30 Umno Youth members were involved. They were believed to be from Selangor and Kuala Lumpur.
Karpal then made a telephone call to his party colleague Fong Pu Kuan who was in the House. She then arrived with other DAP MPs to ‘protect' the DAP chairperson from the crowd.
The DAP MPs also complained that the Parliament security personnel had not done anything to protect Karpal until they (the DAP MPs) made some noise.
DAP MP Lim Lip Eng (right) also claimed that he was assaulted by the Umno Youth crowd.
According to the MP, he was hit a number time on the face and his body.
In an immediate reaction, Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia expressed regret over the incident, which he said was the first time such an act had happened in Parliament.
He said that he would be instructing the Home Ministry to investigate the matter.
"And I will make sure that such an incident doesn't recur," he told reporters.
Khairy lambasts Karpal
Earlier, Umno Youth deputy chief Khairy Jamaluddin challenged opposition stalwart Karpal, whom he described as an "arrogant MP who thinks he knows everything", to repeat his accusation outside of the Parliament building.
He was responding to the DAP national chairperson's charge that Umno Youth was behind the death threat and bullets he received via mail last week.
Karpal (left) further drew ire of the youth wing by calling them 'Pemuda Umno celaka'(Damn Umno Youth).
"It is a wild and insane allegation... Karpal should not hide behind his parliament immunity and face us outside," Khairy told reporters at the Parliament lobby.
Karpal had levelled the accusation and warned Umno Youth against playing games with him when debating on the motion of thanks on the royal address in the Dewan Rakyat yesterday.
Meanwhile, Khairy said Umno Youth cannot take any legal action against Karpal because the accusation was made in Parliament.
"DAP always talks of a world class parliament but their chairman behaves in a very uncivilised and rude manner," added the Rembau MP.
'Give us proof or be branded a liar'
Khairy also challenged the veteran lawyer to provide proof of his allegation within 24 hours.
"If he doesn't show us the proof, then the people should consider Karpal a liar and that he has no credibility," he said.
Asked if an apology would be sufficient, the Umno Youth leader replied: "There is no use in asking him for an apology because he is an arrogant MP and he thinks he knows everything."
Furthermore, Khairy said more than a hundred police reports were filed against Karpal when he threatened to sue Perak ruler, Sultan Azlan Shah, over the political turmoil in the state.
The Umno Youth leader urged the Attorney-General's Chambers to look into the reports and take action.
"We want to remind him that Umno Youth is not playing games and Karpal is the one who is playing with the sentiments of the rakyat, he is playing with fire.
"If he does not repent, then it would only serve to aggravate our anger and the anger of the people," he warned.
In a related development, Jerlun MP Mukhriz Mahathir, who is vying for the Umno Youth chief's post, also lashed out at Karpal for his remarks.
He said Karpal should be charged with sedition for questioning the Sultan of Perak. He also reprimanded Karpal for his arrogance in stating that 'Singh is King'.
"It shows that he does not respect our rulers," he said in a statement.

tunku : karpal didn't deserve to be mobbed, he deserved to be stoned.he has gone to far, he had challenged from the Sultan to the people.enough is enough. The police should speed up their investigations on the reports made against karpal.don't test the people's patience. karpal is a coward, he's only brave in the parliament as he can say anything in parliament , try it outside. karpal had said that 'singh is king' in the parliament, does this statement not considered as racist by pakatan? what is the different from ketuanan melayu? the malays don't mind anyone saying anything about their races but when the malays say something about themselves, they expect others to do the same too and do not relate it to racist act.we are free to say our race is supreme, there's nothing wrong with it.malay supremacy, chinese supremacy , indian supremacy , iban/kadazan supremacy etc.every race has its own supremacy.