The ugly face of Umno in its twilight days

Your Say 'The intensity on the attack on Bersih co-chairperson S Ambiga and anything related to her is very telling.'

Event for Ambiga pelted with eggs and stones

Hmmmmmmmm: A desperate government is an angry government. We must not yield to their violent tactics but keep focusing on Putrajaya.

If we show that we are frightened, they will continue to use this tactic whenever their rule is threatened. But if everybody ignores them, they'll have to change tack.

Fair Play: The intensity on the attack on Bersih co-chairperson S Ambiga and anything related to her is very telling.

It would appear to those that Ambiga, and by extension Bersih, could galvanise the rakyat to do what the opposition could not do for the past 50 years, and she must be stopped at all costs.

But there is a fatal flaw in their reasoning. Bersih is now much bigger than any personality because Bersih is the rakyat. And the rakyat is tired of more of the same.

Kairos: This kind of a ruffian culture is something that Malaysians would have to accept as routine if Umno remains to be the dominant party in the government. Gangsterism and thuggery would continue to be the order of the day.

Anyway, this kind of violent culture is already practised by our police force against unarmed defenseless citizens and so it is no surprise that the government hires thugs and ruffians to disrupt any gatherings which they perceive are against them.

That's how low the moral standards this country has sunk.

Add on to this the indecent butt exercises of the army veterans and the uncouth behaviour of Perkasa in front of the Penang CM's house, this nation is in a very pitiable state.

We desperately need a complete makeover.

Uselessbuntuttwarriors: This government has been an uncivilised gang of robbers all along.

But now their antics are in the open they are now resorting to open warfare of personal intimidation and crude Umno gangsterism to shut everyone up.

Who will protect the innocent? Not the police definitely.

That era of police neutrality is gone. Thugs are given police uniform to beat people in the open, especially in Bersih 3.0.

Swipenter: Umno's culture of intimidation, harassment and violence is raring its ugly head at most Pakatan ceramah.

This is not unlike the tactics of the Brown Shirts in Nazi Germany to cow anyone opposed to Hilter's idea of a Germany to be ruled by Aryan race over all others.

Mogansivas: I call upon Malaysiakini to remove the photo of depicting Ambiga on a placard with garland draped over it immediately.

It is distasteful and only serves to support and promote the views of the morons. I am shocked by Malaysiakini's standard of discretion and journalism.

Not Convinced: I disagree with Mogansivas.

Malaysiakini was right to publish the photo, as it was right to run the controversial video of the cow-head protest three years ago. Without such imagery, the anti-racists among us will not be roused from our complacency.

Racists must be dragged into the broad daylight and be exposed.

Malaysian Pariah: It is time for Bersih 4.0. The world is watching. The police are a disgrace to the country. Umno is a joke.

TruthSansBorders: Gangsters and hooligans. They have no message, no argument, just violence. This is the face of Umno in its twilight days.