VOXPOP 'I am pretty sure that those T-shirts were ready to behave provocatively and to revolt - even if nobody was wearing them.’

Selangor police seize 56 'provocative' T-shirts

Wira: Provocative? Who is to decide what is provocative? To the Umno government in Putrajaya, racist statements by Perkasa like burning the Bible are not provocative but even a peoples' protest against price increases is subversive.

Can some photographs of those T-shirts be distributed so that the people can be the judge?

Hang Babeuf: I am pretty sure that those T-shirts were ready to behave provocatively and to revolt - even if nobody was wearing them.

In their own right, they are evil, law-defying T-shirts, criminally recalcitrant objects, so the police are quite right to arrest those T-shirts.

More, the offending garments should be flogged, caned and then hanged for treason by the home minister personally. What a “come-on” attraction for Visit Malaysia Year 2014.

Ketuanan Rakyat: The best joke for 2013 - 56 T-shirts which had numerous subversive and provocative messages printed on them were seized by Malaysia’s very efficient police force.

MA: I can imagine T-shirts running wild tonight (Dec 31) at Dataran Merdeka. Flying helter-skelter, creating much fear and turmoil in the city of Kuala Lumpur.

The whole of Malaysia is in panic mode now; whom shall we call? Why of course, our men in blue.

Hold Awam Accountable: T-shirts do not provoke, people do. And right now it's the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) and incendiary pro-government NGOs who are whipping up a frenzy with their paranoid rantings and accusations.

YUNoAnon: PDRM, I think you will find a lot of T-shirts with provocative messages in our shopping malls and Petaling Street.

Kelantanese: If I remember correctly, last time prior to Bersih 2.0, they found parangs and Molotov cocktails somewhere. This time they found items as dangerous, if not more dangerous - 56 provocative T-shirts. Bravo!

Mushiro: The police are always over-dramatic with any peaceful assembly that is not pro-government. Please show us the 'subversive and provocative' messages on the T-shirts.

Kawak: Only in Malaysia do T-shirts become dangerous and subversive weapons, including jeopardising parliamentary democracy. I hope international news media like CNN and Al Jazeera will report this in their prime news.

Hank Marvin: The police force are obviously still stuck in the tricks used in the late 1980s. Old script. What a pity. No wonder the country is no longer safe.

No Fool: Malaysia’s police force continue to take the rakyat for fools and wasting their time and taxpayers’ money.

Please stop all the corrupted BN government propaganda of illegal assembly and the bid to topple the government as excuses to deprive Malaysians of exercising their democratic right to protest against injustice and poor governance practised by the existing government.

Hplooi: Careful, belacan can be construed as a 'bomb'.

Much to do for 'Visit Malaysia Year' to be a success

Maharaja: If even Malaysians no longer believe and feel that we are "truly Asia" anymore, how can we convince others?

Over the years, the government through its lopsided policies, religious intolerant and racialistic divide-and-rule strategies had screwed up our tolerant and friendly culture into an obnoxious, rude and greedy culture, always looking for easy gain and without hard work, through corrupt practices and turning a blind eye on injustice.

Our children are indoctrinated with hate and not love and they grew up learning only how to enrich themselves, as against Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s ideology of enriching thy neighbour in his earlier years as PM of the country when he was more pragmatic and a holistic PM, until he turned bad in the later years of his rule.

Cocomomo: Malaysia has much to offer to visitors. However, we fail badly when it comes to quality of services and security.

Our cabs are dirty. The taxi drivers are ill-mannered and do not give consideration to what the paying customers want - peace and quiet instead of having to listen to music of the drivers' choice.

Quarter Moon: I took a 2km journey from a shopping mall to my hotel, and I was fleeced for RM25! The worst thing was the attitude of these taxi drivers, they behaved as if we owe it to them for the exorbitant fares.

If they are not prepared to use the meter, why have a meter installed in their taxis?

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