COMMENT | If Umno secretary-general Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki and its Youth wing leader found Puchong MP Yeo Bee Yin’s remark about Najib Abdul Razak’s failed house arrest bid “offensive”, they should realise she was merely echoing the sentiments of most Malaysians.

Former deputy law minister Hanipa Maidin noted: “Najib and his die-hard supporters might be extremely unhappy with (judge Alice) Loke’s decision, but they may not realise perhaps how happy and jovial the majority of Malaysians are.”

Yet, Asyraf labelled Yeo’s words “extremely rude, excessive, and utterly lacking in humanity”.

He added, “If one cannot even express a shred of sympathy, they should refrain from making disrespectful and hurtful remarks.”

Why should anyone show respect to an individual who...