When M Kulasegaran (DAP-Ipoh Barat) took a dig at Umno in relation to a blog-posting that appears to threaten the life of Perak assembly speaker V Sivakumar, he was instantly shouted down in the House.

m kulasegaran After reading out the contents, Kulasegaran accused Umno of being “racist”.

He also questioned why there has been no action on a police report lodged by Pakatan Rakyat Youth wings against the pro-Umno Mykmu.net - the blogspot where the posting appeared.

Azmi Khalid (BN-Padang Besar), Mohd Puad Zarkashi (BN-Batu Pahat), Lilah Yasin (BN-Jempol) and Jamaluddin Jarjis (BN-Rompin) were incensed by his remark about Umno.

jamaluddin jarjis 02 “He is just protecting the interests of his race by hurting the feelings of another race. He is reading out a poison-pen letter in the interests of his own race! Retract your racist statement!” Jamaluddin shouted.

Kulasegaran denied that he was speaking along racial lines and challenged BN MPs to stand up and condemn the death threat to Sivakumar.

But Mohd Puah and Lilah were not appeased and insisted on the “racist” remark being retracted.

wan junaidi Deputy speaker Wan Junaidi Wan Jaafar interjected and told Kulasegaran to withdraw the statement, explaining: “It is okay if you use the term ‘racial’, but not ‘racist’.”

"But both words mean the same to me,” Kulasegaran said, before withdrawing his statement.

dr hatta ramli 01 He, however, received support from Pakatan colleague Dr Hatta Ramli (PAS-Kuala Krai), who pointed out that the blog-posting was “obviously written by an Umno supporter”.

Kulasegaran had the last word: “That’s why I asked the MPs to condemn this incitement to murder. But they do not want to do so, which means they support it.”