YOURSAY | ‘The law enforcement authorities must come down hard on these actors of terror.’

Syed Saddiq and parents surrounded, heckled by mob

Vgeorgemy: We should condemn the sponsors of the attack on a senior federal cabinet minister with the strongest possible language.

Immediately after the GE14, there was a concerted effort from vested interests who had actively participated in illegally diverting the nation’s wealth for personal indulgence to organise various protest marches in the name of trivial matters to unleash fear and anxiety among the diverse population.

Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman and his parents represent the legitimate aspirations of the youngsters in our country.

The brutal intimidation and violent attempt to restrict the mobility of a federal cabinet minister is indeed the part of deliberate plots hatched to subjugate the democratic forces in this beloved land.

The law enforcement authorities must come down hard on these actors of terror.

Saving TunDrM: I am a bumiputera youth and while I do not condone what my fellow youth did to Syed Saddiq, he and the rest of Bersatu had it coming.

Promises were made for reforms and improvement involving government agencies before GE14. They promised to remove the deadwood, good-for-nothing leaders stunting our progress. But now that they are in power, nothing has changed. If anything, things have gotten worse.

The clearest example staring at our faces is Mara, the supposed beacon of hope and support for bumiputera youth. The change that came after GE14 was even more deadwood. Existing useless leaders were retained and more backward-thinking people were brought in.

Instead of leading us youth towards high technology and knowledge-based industries, the only thing Mara has to offer are job opportunities in radioactive waste producer Lynas.

As a politically-linked government agency, Mara and its subsidiary, Mara Corporation, are embarrassing us with their memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Lynas.

Sending us to work in an Australian company that is using Malaysia as a dumpsite? Better if we get offered jobs in Fukushima's nuclear power plant, at least the Japanese are responsible enough to clean up their own waste.

The Bersatu leaders who are put in charge of this politically-linked government agency must be changed. We, the bumiputera youth, hold the keys to Putrajaya and we have made a clear statement at Tanjung Piai and Kimanis by-elections.

With the party elections coming, it's time for Bersatu leaders to take heed and listen. Improve the government agencies and remove the useless non-contributors or receive a dose of our medicine a la Syed Saddiq.

Beluga: I totally agree. It’s not happening only in Mara but all the other government agencies as well.

The youth are frustrated that there is no help from the government. The entrepreneurship programmes brought on by Mara are useless; there is nothing there to really help the people except to train them to be hawkers or keropok sellers and then they call them “entrepreneurs”.

The youth are losing hope with this government. They are disillusioned with all the promises that were made to them in the election. Nothing seems to be moving with the Pakatan Harapan government.

So far, what the youth see is plain old talk, and talk but no action. We don’t blame them for being angry.

Newday: Those who use mob mentality to bully and get their way are the lowest of the low cowards and of course, thugs. Without the mob, as individuals, if challenged, they would more than likely to run the other way.

These incidents will only make our still learning young minister to be tougher. Yes, Syed Saddiq, unfortunately, people like these will throw vitriol your way but that is all these wimps have.

It is sad that they resort to yelling for the local boy to be run out of town. It is not the vigilante Wild West, it is where a certain ‘elevated’ family choose to run things their way. You do not fit into their way, Syed Saddiq.

They have far more power than they deserve if this street-based thuggery is what one particular family member will stoop to. Umno behind this? Nope.

Apanakdikato: Many have resigned to the fact that this is a cultural issue; a cultural response which is encouraged by the prime minister himself.

Headhunter: The ‘samseng’ (gangster) culture seems to be very much ingrained in our country. Only the police and political will be able to put a stop to it. So far, we don't see much of it.

Just charge them without fear nor favour and let the press splash their pictures for all to see who these uncouth characters are.

Boonpou: The police can do all they can to arrest these thugs but it will never change their consciousness.

Never when the politics of the country are still race- and religious-based, and when certain race and religion are considered outside of politics, and when the mentality of being spoon-fed is still the modus operandi the government divide-and-rule the country.

Every time I hear or watch incidents of such, my initial reaction was outrage. However, upon deeper contemplation, I pitied these people.

In the end, they are really not the root cause of the problem. They are, after all, duped into believing what they have been fed from those above them.

You want to get rid of such ‘samseng’ mentality? You will first need to get to the root of the issue - those who walk in the corridor of power, whether by way of politics or by way of their birthright.

Vijay47: Let's not make a big issue out of boys being boys. I am sure the inspector-general to the police (IGP) will come out with a win-win settlement for both the thugs and the victims.

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