Global Bersih has slammed organisers of the incident outside S Ambiga’s home yesterday calling it a brazen act that would lead to “anarchy and lawlessness” if unchecked.

Commenting on the “shocking spectacle” of the anti-Bersih protest organised by hawker’s group Ikhlas outside the Bersih chairperson’s home, the international coalition said the act was a safety threat.

NONE “There is no running away from the fact that Ikhlas, its chairperson Mohamed Ridzuan Abdullah ( left in photo ) and the others held the personal safety of S Ambiga, her friends and family hostage by their action.

“To call it a 'gimmick', as reported in the press, is to make light of a public threat to the safety of a Malaysian citizen,” said the coalition in a statement today.

Such incidents, said Global Bersih, if unchecked would pave “the road to anarchy and lawlessness” and encourage “copycat actions”.

“Ridzuan Abdullah's threat to repeat his unlawful act is all the more shocking for its brazenness and his apparent belief that people like him can act with impunity in a country like Malaysia,” it added

NONE It said the government and the police must be seen to be acting in the name of justice for all Malaysians, especially when such acts are being held in “full view of media and authorities”.

“If the actions of Ridzuan Abdullah and Ikhlas go unpunished, Malaysia is headed for a very, very dangerous place," said the the coalition of Malaysian Bersih supporters living overseas.

It added that Ikhlas’ in protesting the demands for clean and fair elections has “insulted struggling Malays, Chinese, Indians and other Malaysians just like themselves”.