尽管日前已就报章错误引述自己言论召开紧急记者会澄清，然而皇冠镇开路委员会主席陈文华继续接获民众来电，故今日再度发表文告，厘清争议。无论如何，身为委员会主席，他自觉应该为此事负起全责，并向各造道歉。
在5月30日工程部长宣布开路后，感叹“终于可好好睡一觉了”的陈文华（左图），却因为报章的错误报道，而卷入争议。陈文华今日重申，他未发表“找了翁诗杰，事情就在两周内解决”的言论，更借此文告向民主行动党议员与公众致意。
以下为陈文华文告原文：
“自从有报章错误引述了我在会见交通部长翁诗杰的对话后，我已开记者会澄清。事后我还是接到很多民众打来的电话，从民众的反映，我认有必要再次的厘清这件事。
我再次慎重的声明我没有说过‘找了翁诗杰，事情就在两周内解决’，或是有任何这样的意思。我说“当初找错人”是说我们之前有找过几位马华领袖，可是他们都没有任何帮忙的意愿。
我们第一次是在闭门会议的情况见翁部长，见面的目地是希望通过翁部长要求中央政府插手皇冠城封路事件。我们双方同意不把那次的会面公开。
第二次见翁部长则是要厘清为何政府只是公布是暂时性开路而不是永久性开路。由于第一次是闭门会议，所以我们没有想到第二次会有媒体在场。
我很遗憾这次的错误引述事件会引起民众的不满，我希望大家可以从我们是为了皇冠城要开路这个角度去看这件事。我们的目地很简单：我们会去见任何要帮助皇冠城开路的人。
在此我要代表居民特别感激这两年半来为皇冠城封路事件付出很多的陈国伟（左图）国会议员和刘天球州行政议员，还有为这件事而受伤的林立迎国会议员。
我们也非常感激这两年半来和我们一起走过来的行动党基层和领袖，和风雨不改的各中文报记者，没有你们的陪同，坚持和忠实的报道，我们走不到今天。
我们非常同情因封路事件受伤流血的人士，希望各造能出来为他们伸张正义。我们了解到如果不是居民已付出惨痛的代价，联邦政府今天还是不会开路。
身为开路委员会的主席，我必须负起全部引起这个误会的责任，我在此向所有的居民和帮过我们的人士，政党和媒体，在这件事引起及所造成的不便和误会道歉。”
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
陈文华感激行动党一路支持
蕉赖皇冠城开路委员会主席陈文华重申，他从未发表贬低行动党或其他民盟政党的谈话。
《光明日报》6月1日晚报报导，陈文华在会见交通部长拿督翁诗杰的记者会表示，“事情演变至今，归咎于我们没有向正确的人寻求协助，我们转向刚上任的马华雪州联委会主席翁诗杰求助，短短2周内得到好消息。”尽管该报在早报版本修改了部分引述，但是跟原报导原意仍不远。
已经在6月1日召开记者会澄清的陈文华，在今天发表的文告中，再次郑重否认曾经发表过上述的谈话。
“我再次慎重的声明我没有说过‘找了翁诗杰，事情就在两周内解决’，或是有任何这样的意思。”
“我说‘当初找错人’是说我们之前有找过几位马华领袖，可是他们都没有任何帮忙的意愿。”
见翁诗杰只为争取开路
陈文华也说明，开路委员会第一次会见翁诗杰属于闭门形式，所以没有料到第二次见面时会有媒体的出席。
“第二次见翁部长则是要厘清为何政府只是公布是暂时性开路而不是永久性开路。由于第一次是闭门会议，所以我们没有想到第二次会有媒体在场。”
他补充说明，开路委员会跟任何领袖的会面只有简单的目的，即帮助皇冠城开路。
“我很遗憾这次的错误引述事件会引起民众的不满，我希望大家可以从我们是为了皇冠城要开路这个角度去看这件事。我们的目地很简单：我们会去见任何要帮助皇冠城开路的人。”
重申感激行动党的恩惠
他强调，过去两年半来行动党不断给予开路委员会和居民支持和协助，若没有他们的援手开路运动将无以为继，因此他要代表皇冠城居民感谢该党的领袖和基层。
“特别感激感激这两年半来为皇冠城封路事件付出很多的陈国伟国会议员和刘天球州行政议员，还有为这件事而受伤的林立迎国会议员。我们也非常感激这两年半来和我们一起走过来的行动党基层和领袖。”
对误会感到遗憾并道歉
陈文华对于这次的误会感到遗憾，它已经引起一些民众的不满。
“身为开路委员会的主席，我必须负起全部引起这个误会的责任，我在此向所有的居民和帮过我们的人士，政党和媒体，在这件事引起及所造成的不便和误会道歉。”
无论如何，他还是也感激中文报记者过去给予开路运动的“坚持和忠实的报道”。
陈文华也呼吁，各造能出来为封路事件受伤流血的人士伸张正义，因为“如果不是居民已付出惨痛的代价，联邦政府今天还是不会开路”。
《光明日报》6月1日晚报报导，陈文华在会见交通部长拿督翁诗杰的记者会表示，“事情演变至今，归咎于我们没有向正确的人寻求协助，我们转向刚上任的马华雪州联委会主席翁诗杰求助，短短2周内得到好消息。”尽管该报在早报版本修改了部分引述，但是跟原报导原意仍不远。
已经在6月1日召开记者会澄清的陈文华，在今天发表的文告中，再次郑重否认曾经发表过上述的谈话。
“我再次慎重的声明我没有说过‘找了翁诗杰，事情就在两周内解决’，或是有任何这样的意思。”
“我说‘当初找错人’是说我们之前有找过几位马华领袖，可是他们都没有任何帮忙的意愿。”
见翁诗杰只为争取开路
陈文华也说明，开路委员会第一次会见翁诗杰属于闭门形式，所以没有料到第二次见面时会有媒体的出席。
“第二次见翁部长则是要厘清为何政府只是公布是暂时性开路而不是永久性开路。由于第一次是闭门会议，所以我们没有想到第二次会有媒体在场。”
他补充说明，开路委员会跟任何领袖的会面只有简单的目的，即帮助皇冠城开路。
“我很遗憾这次的错误引述事件会引起民众的不满，我希望大家可以从我们是为了皇冠城要开路这个角度去看这件事。我们的目地很简单：我们会去见任何要帮助皇冠城开路的人。”
重申感激行动党的恩惠
他强调，过去两年半来行动党不断给予开路委员会和居民支持和协助，若没有他们的援手开路运动将无以为继，因此他要代表皇冠城居民感谢该党的领袖和基层。
“特别感激感激这两年半来为皇冠城封路事件付出很多的陈国伟国会议员和刘天球州行政议员，还有为这件事而受伤的林立迎国会议员。我们也非常感激这两年半来和我们一起走过来的行动党基层和领袖。”
对误会感到遗憾并道歉
陈文华对于这次的误会感到遗憾，它已经引起一些民众的不满。
“身为开路委员会的主席，我必须负起全部引起这个误会的责任，我在此向所有的居民和帮过我们的人士，政党和媒体，在这件事引起及所造成的不便和误会道歉。”
无论如何，他还是也感激中文报记者过去给予开路运动的“坚持和忠实的报道”。
陈文华也呼吁，各造能出来为封路事件受伤流血的人士伸张正义，因为“如果不是居民已付出惨痛的代价，联邦政府今天还是不会开路”。
Saturday, May 31, 2008
石礅移开后……
刘益万
皇冠城封路风波闹出流血事件，內阁为避免爭议持续而引发其他问题，同意暂时不封路，直到法庭对爭议做出判决为止。
皇冠城封路演变成流血衝突，这绝不是热爱和平的大马人愿看到的局面。民主社会诉诸暴力极具讽刺，如果民眾可以通过民主程序更换领导层，没有理由为了一条路的路权，要搞到血溅街头。
收费站引发
风波当然不是始於皇冠城，但闹到居民要守夜，接著上演你封我拆的拉扯镜头，皇冠城堪称创下大马记录，可是內里却凸显大道公司的霸道、执法官员的无力、百姓的无辜，令人慨嘆不已！
筑桥舖路修沟是造福人民，所谓条条道路通罗马，那是为人民的利便和福祉。然而，若为了强行收取过路费而演变成与人民对立，那恐怕不是为政之道，若是与民爭利，那更是不可为。
皇冠城的风波，从封路闹到警民互相指责，確实出乎意料之外，但也显示今时今日的人民为了自身的权益，敢於挺身力爭，这是人民思维的改变，无论是执法或执政当局，都应从中获得启示，確保往后在面对类似棘手问题时，能採更有效和及时的措施应对。
对皇冠城的居民而言，虽然只是短暂的开路，但在精神上已属胜利，毕竟他们的心声获得中央和雪州政府的关注。如果说“民之所欲，常在我心”，那么不只是皇冠城的居民面对的困境必须体恤，所有受过路费影响的公眾，他们的心声同样必须获得重视。
皇冠城的任何风波，都不应涉及暴力，警方务必要揪出事发当天伤及手无寸铁百姓的恶霸，以维持社会治安及维护警方的尊严。在法治的国家，绝不能允许目无法纪者把法律操在自己手中，更何况目前治安不靖，我们已饱受攫夺匪和飆车族的惊嚇，当眾逞凶岂不是让民眾更感安全受到威胁？
虽然居民將石礅移开，內阁也插手干预以免事態扩大，但皇冠城引发的问题仍旧没有彻底解决，暂时不封路也许可被詮释为政治解决方案，法庭的判决又是另一回事，两者不能混为一谈。如果当局不深入探討和解决问题的癥结，未来的任何收费大道都可能衍生类似问题，受影响的还是广大的群眾啊！
皇冠城封路风波闹出流血事件，內阁为避免爭议持续而引发其他问题，同意暂时不封路，直到法庭对爭议做出判决为止。
皇冠城封路演变成流血衝突，这绝不是热爱和平的大马人愿看到的局面。民主社会诉诸暴力极具讽刺，如果民眾可以通过民主程序更换领导层，没有理由为了一条路的路权，要搞到血溅街头。
收费站引发
风波当然不是始於皇冠城，但闹到居民要守夜，接著上演你封我拆的拉扯镜头，皇冠城堪称创下大马记录，可是內里却凸显大道公司的霸道、执法官员的无力、百姓的无辜，令人慨嘆不已！
筑桥舖路修沟是造福人民，所谓条条道路通罗马，那是为人民的利便和福祉。然而，若为了强行收取过路费而演变成与人民对立，那恐怕不是为政之道，若是与民爭利，那更是不可为。
皇冠城的风波，从封路闹到警民互相指责，確实出乎意料之外，但也显示今时今日的人民为了自身的权益，敢於挺身力爭，这是人民思维的改变，无论是执法或执政当局，都应从中获得启示，確保往后在面对类似棘手问题时，能採更有效和及时的措施应对。
对皇冠城的居民而言，虽然只是短暂的开路，但在精神上已属胜利，毕竟他们的心声获得中央和雪州政府的关注。如果说“民之所欲，常在我心”，那么不只是皇冠城的居民面对的困境必须体恤，所有受过路费影响的公眾，他们的心声同样必须获得重视。
皇冠城的任何风波，都不应涉及暴力，警方务必要揪出事发当天伤及手无寸铁百姓的恶霸，以维持社会治安及维护警方的尊严。在法治的国家，绝不能允许目无法纪者把法律操在自己手中，更何况目前治安不靖，我们已饱受攫夺匪和飆车族的惊嚇，当眾逞凶岂不是让民眾更感安全受到威胁？
虽然居民將石礅移开，內阁也插手干预以免事態扩大，但皇冠城引发的问题仍旧没有彻底解决，暂时不封路也许可被詮释为政治解决方案，法庭的判决又是另一回事，两者不能混为一谈。如果当局不深入探討和解决问题的癥结，未来的任何收费大道都可能衍生类似问题，受影响的还是广大的群眾啊！
Friday, May 30, 2008
BMC: Police brutality shouldn't be tolerated
I refer to the Malaysiakini report BMC fracas: Police beat up youth.
This incident is too shocking to brush aside. It transcends the usual de-sensitising fatigue one tends to feel nowadays from an overload of farce. Malaysians should not tolerate this incident as it is a clear case of abuse of police powers and an incident of blatant police brutality. It is unprofessional behaviour of the worst kind and should not be accepted or tolerated in any way, shape or form from any member of the police force or the Federal Reserve Unit (FRU).
The people who did this constitute a grave danger to every member of the general public. If they can do this in broad daylight with not a care in the world for the consequences and for the good name of the Royal Malaysian Police, what do you think men like these are capable of doing to defenceless Malaysians arrested and held in their custody in dirty, dingy police lock-ups in the darkness outside the public’s gaze or the media’s spotlight?
There seems to be sufficient evidence in this case to charge and prosecute all those concerned for what clearly appears to be an incident where several members of the police and FRU seem to have completely lost control of their senses and for whatever reason, whether from rage or palpable hatred or racism, took it upon themselves to gang-up on and beat to a pulp a young Malaysian citizen.
A citizen whom I am prepared to say will almost certainly be found to be innocent of any offence that may be conveniently blamed upon him and whom in no way, whether innocent or not, warranted such a ferocious attack on his body.
No member of the police or any police force anywhere has the right to assault and brutalise people or have any right whatsoever to use unreasonable force in carrying out their public order duties, full stop. If they do, they will in all cases be deemed to have lost control of the policing situation under their control, and to have become - in those circumstances - just as much of a danger to the public as criminals.
It is also never up to the police to judge and decide on the guilt or innocence of a suspect or to mete out any sort of punishment. That role has been to a court of law. The police are employed and paid to maintain law and order through the use of professional standards and methods.
The above case shows a clear failure of policing by the men involved. All such rogue elements in the police should be suspended, investigated and prosecuted. Police personnel who act in this manner bring disrepute and dishonour to the Malaysian police.
And the first in line to be suspended for police misbehaviour should be that so-called senior police officer who stated that the brutality was just desserts for the victim! Policemen like him are a disgrace to the police and to all professional police officers.
Unfortunately, this is what usually happens to police forces when senior officers behave like cheap thugs and criminals instead of leading by example and being role models for the rank and file.
I sincerely hope that the respective federal government authorities concerned, including the Selangor state government, will take the necessary action over what is clearly a serious case of lawlessness stemming police misconduct on the streets of Malaysia. And I hope the rakyat will bring the police and FRU to task and account for this shocking display of lawless brutality on their streets from personnel they pay to safeguard and protect them.
I hope the rakyat and the press will demand a public apology from the IGP himself for this shameful incident and will insist that he stop passing any buck and take responsibility for the appalling behaviour of his men who in this barbaric incident acted like anarchic vigilantes instead of law enforcement personnel.
This incident is too shocking to brush aside. It transcends the usual de-sensitising fatigue one tends to feel nowadays from an overload of farce. Malaysians should not tolerate this incident as it is a clear case of abuse of police powers and an incident of blatant police brutality. It is unprofessional behaviour of the worst kind and should not be accepted or tolerated in any way, shape or form from any member of the police force or the Federal Reserve Unit (FRU).
The people who did this constitute a grave danger to every member of the general public. If they can do this in broad daylight with not a care in the world for the consequences and for the good name of the Royal Malaysian Police, what do you think men like these are capable of doing to defenceless Malaysians arrested and held in their custody in dirty, dingy police lock-ups in the darkness outside the public’s gaze or the media’s spotlight?
There seems to be sufficient evidence in this case to charge and prosecute all those concerned for what clearly appears to be an incident where several members of the police and FRU seem to have completely lost control of their senses and for whatever reason, whether from rage or palpable hatred or racism, took it upon themselves to gang-up on and beat to a pulp a young Malaysian citizen.
A citizen whom I am prepared to say will almost certainly be found to be innocent of any offence that may be conveniently blamed upon him and whom in no way, whether innocent or not, warranted such a ferocious attack on his body.
No member of the police or any police force anywhere has the right to assault and brutalise people or have any right whatsoever to use unreasonable force in carrying out their public order duties, full stop. If they do, they will in all cases be deemed to have lost control of the policing situation under their control, and to have become - in those circumstances - just as much of a danger to the public as criminals.
It is also never up to the police to judge and decide on the guilt or innocence of a suspect or to mete out any sort of punishment. That role has been to a court of law. The police are employed and paid to maintain law and order through the use of professional standards and methods.
The above case shows a clear failure of policing by the men involved. All such rogue elements in the police should be suspended, investigated and prosecuted. Police personnel who act in this manner bring disrepute and dishonour to the Malaysian police.
And the first in line to be suspended for police misbehaviour should be that so-called senior police officer who stated that the brutality was just desserts for the victim! Policemen like him are a disgrace to the police and to all professional police officers.
Unfortunately, this is what usually happens to police forces when senior officers behave like cheap thugs and criminals instead of leading by example and being role models for the rank and file.
I sincerely hope that the respective federal government authorities concerned, including the Selangor state government, will take the necessary action over what is clearly a serious case of lawlessness stemming police misconduct on the streets of Malaysia. And I hope the rakyat will bring the police and FRU to task and account for this shocking display of lawless brutality on their streets from personnel they pay to safeguard and protect them.
I hope the rakyat and the press will demand a public apology from the IGP himself for this shameful incident and will insist that he stop passing any buck and take responsibility for the appalling behaviour of his men who in this barbaric incident acted like anarchic vigilantes instead of law enforcement personnel.
皇冠城居民受尽委屈
陈勇健
雪兰莪蕉赖皇冠城封路事件一波未平一波又起，理由不全是皇冠城人民的错，而是政府非但没有了解民情，不尽全力去解决这场越演越激烈的矛盾，还批准大道公司搬运石头来堵住那条争议不断的道路，此举动乃火上加油！
难道皇冠城人民的抵抗的动作和怨言都是透明的？这一个月来，由于大道公司为了阻碍当地人民使用贯穿大道路段的公路，没得到当地居民的认同而私自下令封路。这种横蛮行为当然不符合民意了，所以居民只好选择集体游行，和前来封闭大道的员工对着干了；有些着熬夜坐在那里，选择无声的抗议来表达不满。
这是马来西亚罕见的状况，经过了公选盟和兴权会的大逮捕，证实了大马政府不关心民情的态度。308全国大选后，雪州政权转移民联手中，是人民将不满展现在投票中最好的证明。
带领皇城城居民和附近一带民众的多是行动党议员，尤其是雪州各大小行动党议员都到了，而中央政府不查明封路真相也就算了，还派出了一堆“红头兵”，与大道公司一伙来镇压人民，马华还同声同气地指责这是民行党的政治手段，拜托，蕉赖是陈国伟议员的区域，请问行动党不负责谁要来负责？
反观前来声援民众的执政党议员一个都没有，这才惹人好奇呢！林立英议员还惨遭警员喷洒胡椒剂，这说得过去吗？人民议士站出来挺人民，竟然意外地受到如此野蛮的待遇。
招惹了当地居民的是大道公司，没想到政府才是最令人反感的旁观者。皇冠城居民游行示威被说成非法，议员以身作则却被批玩弄政治把戏，如今大石封路更使居民发怒，上百人民不顾一切齐心去推石头，却被不知哪跑出来的流氓追打溅血。当初那班镇暴队和警员在这个紧要时刻去了哪里？流氓打无辜民众的荒唐事都有，却没有一人被警方逮捕，随后更以骚乱为由来强制驱散百姓，究竟是怎么一回事？越想越迷糊。
大道公司说（流氓打人）不关他事，信不信则由你，那谁该对受伤的百姓负责？难道说他们参与“闹事”是活该？籍此，我们不但已看出我国司法腐败、治安败坏的主因，也认清了这群所谓人民公仆和保姆的真实面目。
雪兰莪蕉赖皇冠城封路事件一波未平一波又起，理由不全是皇冠城人民的错，而是政府非但没有了解民情，不尽全力去解决这场越演越激烈的矛盾，还批准大道公司搬运石头来堵住那条争议不断的道路，此举动乃火上加油！
难道皇冠城人民的抵抗的动作和怨言都是透明的？这一个月来，由于大道公司为了阻碍当地人民使用贯穿大道路段的公路，没得到当地居民的认同而私自下令封路。这种横蛮行为当然不符合民意了，所以居民只好选择集体游行，和前来封闭大道的员工对着干了；有些着熬夜坐在那里，选择无声的抗议来表达不满。
这是马来西亚罕见的状况，经过了公选盟和兴权会的大逮捕，证实了大马政府不关心民情的态度。308全国大选后，雪州政权转移民联手中，是人民将不满展现在投票中最好的证明。
带领皇城城居民和附近一带民众的多是行动党议员，尤其是雪州各大小行动党议员都到了，而中央政府不查明封路真相也就算了，还派出了一堆“红头兵”，与大道公司一伙来镇压人民，马华还同声同气地指责这是民行党的政治手段，拜托，蕉赖是陈国伟议员的区域，请问行动党不负责谁要来负责？
反观前来声援民众的执政党议员一个都没有，这才惹人好奇呢！林立英议员还惨遭警员喷洒胡椒剂，这说得过去吗？人民议士站出来挺人民，竟然意外地受到如此野蛮的待遇。
招惹了当地居民的是大道公司，没想到政府才是最令人反感的旁观者。皇冠城居民游行示威被说成非法，议员以身作则却被批玩弄政治把戏，如今大石封路更使居民发怒，上百人民不顾一切齐心去推石头，却被不知哪跑出来的流氓追打溅血。当初那班镇暴队和警员在这个紧要时刻去了哪里？流氓打无辜民众的荒唐事都有，却没有一人被警方逮捕，随后更以骚乱为由来强制驱散百姓，究竟是怎么一回事？越想越迷糊。
大道公司说（流氓打人）不关他事，信不信则由你，那谁该对受伤的百姓负责？难道说他们参与“闹事”是活该？籍此，我们不但已看出我国司法腐败、治安败坏的主因，也认清了这群所谓人民公仆和保姆的真实面目。
'Chor, you're unfit to represent us'
'I feel ashamed with what the deputy minister has said regarding the beating up of a youth at Bandar Mahkota Cheras. Shame on him for justifying the beating up of a member of the public.'
On Chor justifies police action at BMC clash
Disappointed Citizen: Dear Deputy Home Minister Chor Chee Heung (BN-Alor Star). As you should have known by now, many people already know the truth. Have you been living in Mars? Do you not know what some policemen can do? Are you talking blind with your eyes wide open?
Just one question to you. Did you see the Malaysiakini video? If the FRU and police have nothing to hide, then they should not have been chasing off the reporters before they did their ‘work’ on the 21-year-old. They should let the reporters film the whole thing. What are they afraid of? Justified? Mr Chor, you do not seem fit to represent the rakyat.
Lemon: I feel ashamed with what the minister has said regarding the beating up of the onlooker/reckless driver whom, according to the police, wanted to knock down policemen with a car. Regardless of whatever the driver’s intention were, it does NOT give the police the right to assault anybody. Shame on the minister to justify the beating up.
Two wrongs do not add up to a right. Negative is never a positive in this case. If this is not curbed now, they can justify shooting in the near future. Is Malaysia a police state? The truth speaks for itself.
Pharmwell: Chor, just because you are from BN and a deputy minister so you side with the police. Wait, one day when the police whack you or your loved one. You should be telling the police off. Even if it is true that a car knocked into some police personnel, then the correct thing should be for the police to apprehend the driver. They should conduct a proper investigation and then charge the person. But what did your police do? Whack the guy to hell and back.
You and your police must feel very great for the action that they had undertaken. I dare you to step down from your position and stand for an election. I will bet all I have that you will lose due to your comments on this matter. Me and my family will never vote for a man like you. For the comments you have made are going to make MCA more unpopular. I think you must be thinking that Umno will accept you as a member.
Mana Justice: Datuk Chor, your reply does not speak for all Malaysians. An innocent person was wrongly beaten up. The police have used excessive force. The prime minister has made a mistake in selecting you to be the deputy home affairs minister. Datuk Chor, luckily the person beaten badly was not your loved one.
Alex: Irregardless of whether a policeman was assaulted or not, their duty is to reprimand and let the course of justice take precedence. They have no right in bashing up the citizens they are supposed to protect. However unruly the citizens may be, they are unarmed versus the FRU personnel that are carrying batons and shields, not to mention some 'supposed' training in their force.
Also, as far as we all know, traffic policemen carry firearms nowadays. I am very sure that if they were to drive in with sirens and without even having the need to flash their guns, the fracas could have been avoided and there would not have been reports as published. All police officers that defended the assault should be relieved of duty and questioned, including the deputy home minister himself. Any act of violence should be condemned in our peaceful society but the government, as usual, is practicing double standards when the fault is theirs
This shows the gross negligence, denial syndrome and unrepentant attitude of BN. That said, there is no point having massive campaign for the next general election. We will remember how we were being treated. I may be overseas and not be involved physically, but we feel the pain these people are going through.
Adrian Ng Chai Foong: I do not feel ashamed and disappointed, but I feel angered by what this so-called minister has said. Hey, whatever you want call yourself, if you don't know the situation, don't say anything. Have you gone down there to see what has happened? Have you not seen the video of the beating by the police/FRU? If you don't how to use the Internet, ask your children to show the video to you. Go and watch the video, then you come and talk to us. I am a resident there so if you have nothing better to say, just shut up.
If we don't read Malaysiakini, where are we going to get accurate news? Read the local newspapers controlled by the government? Believe in what you say? Come on Mr Whatever You Are, we are not stupid to believe whatever we read. We have the intelligence to judge for ourselves - not like you.You are not fit to represent the people. I suggest you resign from your post and come and live in Bandar Mahkota Cheras. We will represent you.
Ridiculous: Just imagine Datuk Chor said that the police were not able to do anything when there was scuffles and fights between the residents and the thugs. Then, tell me, what is the police there for? Also, please bare all on 'the other side of story' if Malaysiakini reports were false or not accurate. By the way, why should not the Home Minister be the one who should explain? Don't know what happened?
Fergus Ong: Mr Chor, in Malaysia we are governed by the rule of law. You are a deputy minister. You should know that the rule of law demands that FRU don't gang up an whack people in retaliation. Even if it was true that cars attempted to knock over the cops, the FRU, as law enforcers, responded outside the boundaries of their authority and you as the deputy home minister should be taking them to task. If the cars were trying to hit your cops, press charges. Police violence was wrong in LA in 1992 and is wrong again here in Cheras today.
Kelvin: From my observation, your (Datuk Chor’s) attitude pre and post-GE 12 is just the same. Despite the MCA losing ground in the GE12, your attitude does not help at all. You are a liability to the MCA. With people like you still hanging around, MCA is already not performing up to mark and will suffer further. MCA can surely do better without people like you.
Before making such remarks, please go to the ground and find out what actually happened. The boy did nothing for being dragged out from the car and beaten. And you say the police is justified in doing so. Are you out of your mind? With the police already suffering a bad reputation, this incident will further erode the public confidence in the police force. Is it standard operating procedure for the police to strike out at the public under such circumstances?
The federal government cannot just keep quite on this incident. An investigation must be made to find out if the policemen involved had abuse their power. The police force needs rectification to truly re-brand them. Very often the public is scared or uncomfortable with a police presence. The police is paid by the public and such things should not happen at all. Something urgently needs to be done to the police force to ensure that they truly serve the rakyat and the country and stick to their standard operating procedures.
Alice Hoon: Let the truth be the master. Let there be no more blood seen in a peaceful protest by poor Malaysians who juggle their low monthly income to fight the increasing cost of inflation, petrol and to avoid unnecessary toll collections. The ‘fortunate’ ones, of course, don’t feel their frustrations and grievances especially the elected government politicians, the attackers, Grand Saga and most of all the police. Please, no more excuses. Start an investigation and dig for the truth.
Angry 303: Mr Chor, you’re a real joke to this country. Period. There was no need for FRU to be at BMC. The civilians were not armed in any way. All they wanted was to clear the barricade. But instead, the FRU was brought in and they acted in such a way as if the people present were armed with just about every imaginable or conceivable weapon. Why the need for the FRU? Are the police so incapable of controlling a crowd that they needed the FRU to do the job? If this is so, then we may as well sack the entire police force and leave it to the FRU to go around whacking the hell out of everyone.
As usual, the beating incident was never reported in the local news media but I’m very sure millions of Malaysians would have seen the video by Malaysiakini. And why the need for the FRU to shoo all the reporters away if it was indeed their ‘job/? Obviously it wasn’t.
If you or your loved ones get whacked one day, I’d love to see what you’d have to say about that. Then again, that may not happen considering who you are and which political party you represent. I’m extremely angry with what you have to say about this and I’m sure everyone else is.
Desmond Lee: Calling All Malaysians who detest police brutality. Please make all our voices and concerns be known that we are a peace-loving country and abhor police brutality. Just look at the video clip on Malaysiakini. You can see all evidence there including blood all over the guy who got beaten in the very presence of the FRU group who were on duty as well as the evidence of a broken baton. And yet the government and police is all silent about it and worst all the BN MP are either too scared to bring this issue up in parliament or the speaker is purposely disallowing it.
If in the US this kind of video is shown, everyone involved will be immediately suspended from work, investigated and charged immediately in court. This is a black day and a disgrace to our police force as well as all BN members of parliament and PM Abdullah who just keep quiet and says nothing. When a leader or leaders keep mum and say nothing, it can mean that they condone it. This is a sin of omission by members of the parlisment.
No FRU and or police force personnel is above the law. This ‘non-accountability attitude’ of police leaders and the ruling government will make the rakyat more angry.
Baiyuensheng: All I can say is this - come the next election, MCA would go the same way as Gerakan. Irrelevant.
Tan Hak Soon: The police are supposed to uphold the law and protect the rakyat yet they ganged up to beat up a defenceless Malaysian citizen. They behaved like thugs. Look at the victim and the blood spilled. How can these police officials whose salaries are paid by taxpayers behave like a bunch of hooligans? They have disgraced their uniform. The chief of police must mete out tough disciplinary action against those involved in this vicious beating. There should not be any cover up. Justice must be served. And the deputy home minister should tender his immediate resignation for his callous remarks.
Clippy Mee: Shame on you, Chor. Even with police highhandedness you will still defend them for their brutality against a defenceless youth. Is it really necessary to use weapons to hold down a poor little youth? I am sure a couple of personnel could have easily pin down this unarmed peaceful protester. This shows the uncivilised charateristic of our police personnel. No need to conduct publicity campaigns to show the public that the police care for the security of the rakyat. This is hypocrisy in its most explicit form.
On BMC four investigated for attempted murder
Disappointed Citizen: This is typical of our police force, this is how they work. To justify their actions, they come up with this. They just simply cook up some stories and the innocent rakyat will pay the price. What has Malaysia become? Our law enforcers are all working on hearsay and condoning their own actions.
I would not be surprise that they can find the ‘injured officers’ soon. Our government should take action immediately before any obstruction of justice happens. Protect the rakyat.
On Cabinet wants BMC access road kept open
Angoon: Why wait until now? The whole cabinet had been sleeping all this while. The barricade had been torn down few times and yet the PM said that he did not see it. He has been sleeping too. I am ashamed of the cabinet which is supposed to be running the government of great Malaysia.
Furthermore, the deputy home minister Chor was telling lies when everything was so clear that the police and the FRU were doing something tremendously wrong. I am ashamed of you Chor. Step down immediately as a deputy minister. We remind you here that you won only be a very, very few votes in the 12GE.
On Cheras barricade goes down again
Pak Hamzah: It seems that all the voices and grievances of the people falls onto the deaf ears of the political leaders. We always being told by them that they are the champs of the people, it is the people's government for the people and that they fight for the people. But why are they silent when citizens are humiliated and beaten? On top of this there are all the difficulties everyday living due to price hikes and rising cost of living.
Incidents like the BMC saga show how things are being manipulated by profit-first private companies. Why this had to happen? Why are the ‘people’s heroes’ silent now? Don't they have children, don't they have families? Don't they have that human feelings?
The answer is because money is everything to them. The greediness in them has been cemented and the only feeling they have is ‘What more can I grab?’ They never learnt any lesson even after they were almost defeated in the last general election. This is the culture of the Barisan Nasional - dulu, kini dan selamanya.
Today, it is happening in Cheras, tomorrow it will happen somewhere else and it will happen as long as they are in power. Let’s get together and bring them down. Put them where they deserved to be.
Cheah Kah Seng: Can Selangor state government immediately start the construction of an underground bypass to connect the surface non-tolled, roads? I'm not proposing giving up a just fight. This underground bypass can proceed at the same time that the people strive to get the barricade open. Don’t the the planning and construction of regular underpasses fall under the jurisdiction of the Selangor state government?
We have a somewhat similar, though less extreme, situation here at Penang's Sungai Nyior toll station along the Butterworth-Kulim tolled highway. Despite earlier suspension of toll, the plaza is now collecting toll fees.
I believe the best way to force the hands of the tolled road operator is to bypass that Sungai Nyior toll station by constructing several surface and underground bypasses in the soft delta soil of the Prai River. The additional roads will boost local economy, properties, and devalue the toll station. Eventually, robust local development will even benefit the toll operator.
MySecret62: The hired thugs were there to intimidate the residents by employing scare tactics and casting fear on their safety. I would humbly suggest that those with the pictures of the thugs publish and distributed them for all to see. Let’s see which hole they will crawl into once they know the rakyat is on the lookout for them. Let’s turn the tables on them and make sure that these thugs and their paymasters be brought to justice.
Evelyn: For heaven's sake! What is going on or happening in our country, Malaysia? Why can't this tussle be resolved by those authorities concerned? And why do we now hear and see our police beating up a citizen? What is the matter? I do not live in Cheras but in another state. But just by reading the news about what is happening there sickens me. I pray that the situation would not erupt into a full blown riot involving the police and the rakyat. It is so shameful.
On Toll operator: We're not involved in BMC violence
HL Too: Of course, the toll operator (Grand Saga) had nothing to do with the attack on the residents in the Bandar Mahkota Cheras fracas. The thugs who attacked the residents are obviously people who have great love for Grand Saga and were incensed at the residents enough to attack them. Some things are just too difficult to believe or understand.
On Chor justifies police action at BMC clash
Disappointed Citizen: Dear Deputy Home Minister Chor Chee Heung (BN-Alor Star). As you should have known by now, many people already know the truth. Have you been living in Mars? Do you not know what some policemen can do? Are you talking blind with your eyes wide open?
Just one question to you. Did you see the Malaysiakini video? If the FRU and police have nothing to hide, then they should not have been chasing off the reporters before they did their ‘work’ on the 21-year-old. They should let the reporters film the whole thing. What are they afraid of? Justified? Mr Chor, you do not seem fit to represent the rakyat.
Lemon: I feel ashamed with what the minister has said regarding the beating up of the onlooker/reckless driver whom, according to the police, wanted to knock down policemen with a car. Regardless of whatever the driver’s intention were, it does NOT give the police the right to assault anybody. Shame on the minister to justify the beating up.
Two wrongs do not add up to a right. Negative is never a positive in this case. If this is not curbed now, they can justify shooting in the near future. Is Malaysia a police state? The truth speaks for itself.
Pharmwell: Chor, just because you are from BN and a deputy minister so you side with the police. Wait, one day when the police whack you or your loved one. You should be telling the police off. Even if it is true that a car knocked into some police personnel, then the correct thing should be for the police to apprehend the driver. They should conduct a proper investigation and then charge the person. But what did your police do? Whack the guy to hell and back.
You and your police must feel very great for the action that they had undertaken. I dare you to step down from your position and stand for an election. I will bet all I have that you will lose due to your comments on this matter. Me and my family will never vote for a man like you. For the comments you have made are going to make MCA more unpopular. I think you must be thinking that Umno will accept you as a member.
Mana Justice: Datuk Chor, your reply does not speak for all Malaysians. An innocent person was wrongly beaten up. The police have used excessive force. The prime minister has made a mistake in selecting you to be the deputy home affairs minister. Datuk Chor, luckily the person beaten badly was not your loved one.
Alex: Irregardless of whether a policeman was assaulted or not, their duty is to reprimand and let the course of justice take precedence. They have no right in bashing up the citizens they are supposed to protect. However unruly the citizens may be, they are unarmed versus the FRU personnel that are carrying batons and shields, not to mention some 'supposed' training in their force.
Also, as far as we all know, traffic policemen carry firearms nowadays. I am very sure that if they were to drive in with sirens and without even having the need to flash their guns, the fracas could have been avoided and there would not have been reports as published. All police officers that defended the assault should be relieved of duty and questioned, including the deputy home minister himself. Any act of violence should be condemned in our peaceful society but the government, as usual, is practicing double standards when the fault is theirs
This shows the gross negligence, denial syndrome and unrepentant attitude of BN. That said, there is no point having massive campaign for the next general election. We will remember how we were being treated. I may be overseas and not be involved physically, but we feel the pain these people are going through.
Adrian Ng Chai Foong: I do not feel ashamed and disappointed, but I feel angered by what this so-called minister has said. Hey, whatever you want call yourself, if you don't know the situation, don't say anything. Have you gone down there to see what has happened? Have you not seen the video of the beating by the police/FRU? If you don't how to use the Internet, ask your children to show the video to you. Go and watch the video, then you come and talk to us. I am a resident there so if you have nothing better to say, just shut up.
If we don't read Malaysiakini, where are we going to get accurate news? Read the local newspapers controlled by the government? Believe in what you say? Come on Mr Whatever You Are, we are not stupid to believe whatever we read. We have the intelligence to judge for ourselves - not like you.You are not fit to represent the people. I suggest you resign from your post and come and live in Bandar Mahkota Cheras. We will represent you.
Ridiculous: Just imagine Datuk Chor said that the police were not able to do anything when there was scuffles and fights between the residents and the thugs. Then, tell me, what is the police there for? Also, please bare all on 'the other side of story' if Malaysiakini reports were false or not accurate. By the way, why should not the Home Minister be the one who should explain? Don't know what happened?
Fergus Ong: Mr Chor, in Malaysia we are governed by the rule of law. You are a deputy minister. You should know that the rule of law demands that FRU don't gang up an whack people in retaliation. Even if it was true that cars attempted to knock over the cops, the FRU, as law enforcers, responded outside the boundaries of their authority and you as the deputy home minister should be taking them to task. If the cars were trying to hit your cops, press charges. Police violence was wrong in LA in 1992 and is wrong again here in Cheras today.
Kelvin: From my observation, your (Datuk Chor’s) attitude pre and post-GE 12 is just the same. Despite the MCA losing ground in the GE12, your attitude does not help at all. You are a liability to the MCA. With people like you still hanging around, MCA is already not performing up to mark and will suffer further. MCA can surely do better without people like you.
Before making such remarks, please go to the ground and find out what actually happened. The boy did nothing for being dragged out from the car and beaten. And you say the police is justified in doing so. Are you out of your mind? With the police already suffering a bad reputation, this incident will further erode the public confidence in the police force. Is it standard operating procedure for the police to strike out at the public under such circumstances?
The federal government cannot just keep quite on this incident. An investigation must be made to find out if the policemen involved had abuse their power. The police force needs rectification to truly re-brand them. Very often the public is scared or uncomfortable with a police presence. The police is paid by the public and such things should not happen at all. Something urgently needs to be done to the police force to ensure that they truly serve the rakyat and the country and stick to their standard operating procedures.
Alice Hoon: Let the truth be the master. Let there be no more blood seen in a peaceful protest by poor Malaysians who juggle their low monthly income to fight the increasing cost of inflation, petrol and to avoid unnecessary toll collections. The ‘fortunate’ ones, of course, don’t feel their frustrations and grievances especially the elected government politicians, the attackers, Grand Saga and most of all the police. Please, no more excuses. Start an investigation and dig for the truth.
Angry 303: Mr Chor, you’re a real joke to this country. Period. There was no need for FRU to be at BMC. The civilians were not armed in any way. All they wanted was to clear the barricade. But instead, the FRU was brought in and they acted in such a way as if the people present were armed with just about every imaginable or conceivable weapon. Why the need for the FRU? Are the police so incapable of controlling a crowd that they needed the FRU to do the job? If this is so, then we may as well sack the entire police force and leave it to the FRU to go around whacking the hell out of everyone.
As usual, the beating incident was never reported in the local news media but I’m very sure millions of Malaysians would have seen the video by Malaysiakini. And why the need for the FRU to shoo all the reporters away if it was indeed their ‘job/? Obviously it wasn’t.
If you or your loved ones get whacked one day, I’d love to see what you’d have to say about that. Then again, that may not happen considering who you are and which political party you represent. I’m extremely angry with what you have to say about this and I’m sure everyone else is.
Desmond Lee: Calling All Malaysians who detest police brutality. Please make all our voices and concerns be known that we are a peace-loving country and abhor police brutality. Just look at the video clip on Malaysiakini. You can see all evidence there including blood all over the guy who got beaten in the very presence of the FRU group who were on duty as well as the evidence of a broken baton. And yet the government and police is all silent about it and worst all the BN MP are either too scared to bring this issue up in parliament or the speaker is purposely disallowing it.
If in the US this kind of video is shown, everyone involved will be immediately suspended from work, investigated and charged immediately in court. This is a black day and a disgrace to our police force as well as all BN members of parliament and PM Abdullah who just keep quiet and says nothing. When a leader or leaders keep mum and say nothing, it can mean that they condone it. This is a sin of omission by members of the parlisment.
No FRU and or police force personnel is above the law. This ‘non-accountability attitude’ of police leaders and the ruling government will make the rakyat more angry.
Baiyuensheng: All I can say is this - come the next election, MCA would go the same way as Gerakan. Irrelevant.
Tan Hak Soon: The police are supposed to uphold the law and protect the rakyat yet they ganged up to beat up a defenceless Malaysian citizen. They behaved like thugs. Look at the victim and the blood spilled. How can these police officials whose salaries are paid by taxpayers behave like a bunch of hooligans? They have disgraced their uniform. The chief of police must mete out tough disciplinary action against those involved in this vicious beating. There should not be any cover up. Justice must be served. And the deputy home minister should tender his immediate resignation for his callous remarks.
Clippy Mee: Shame on you, Chor. Even with police highhandedness you will still defend them for their brutality against a defenceless youth. Is it really necessary to use weapons to hold down a poor little youth? I am sure a couple of personnel could have easily pin down this unarmed peaceful protester. This shows the uncivilised charateristic of our police personnel. No need to conduct publicity campaigns to show the public that the police care for the security of the rakyat. This is hypocrisy in its most explicit form.
On BMC four investigated for attempted murder
Disappointed Citizen: This is typical of our police force, this is how they work. To justify their actions, they come up with this. They just simply cook up some stories and the innocent rakyat will pay the price. What has Malaysia become? Our law enforcers are all working on hearsay and condoning their own actions.
I would not be surprise that they can find the ‘injured officers’ soon. Our government should take action immediately before any obstruction of justice happens. Protect the rakyat.
On Cabinet wants BMC access road kept open
Angoon: Why wait until now? The whole cabinet had been sleeping all this while. The barricade had been torn down few times and yet the PM said that he did not see it. He has been sleeping too. I am ashamed of the cabinet which is supposed to be running the government of great Malaysia.
Furthermore, the deputy home minister Chor was telling lies when everything was so clear that the police and the FRU were doing something tremendously wrong. I am ashamed of you Chor. Step down immediately as a deputy minister. We remind you here that you won only be a very, very few votes in the 12GE.
On Cheras barricade goes down again
Pak Hamzah: It seems that all the voices and grievances of the people falls onto the deaf ears of the political leaders. We always being told by them that they are the champs of the people, it is the people's government for the people and that they fight for the people. But why are they silent when citizens are humiliated and beaten? On top of this there are all the difficulties everyday living due to price hikes and rising cost of living.
Incidents like the BMC saga show how things are being manipulated by profit-first private companies. Why this had to happen? Why are the ‘people’s heroes’ silent now? Don't they have children, don't they have families? Don't they have that human feelings?
The answer is because money is everything to them. The greediness in them has been cemented and the only feeling they have is ‘What more can I grab?’ They never learnt any lesson even after they were almost defeated in the last general election. This is the culture of the Barisan Nasional - dulu, kini dan selamanya.
Today, it is happening in Cheras, tomorrow it will happen somewhere else and it will happen as long as they are in power. Let’s get together and bring them down. Put them where they deserved to be.
Cheah Kah Seng: Can Selangor state government immediately start the construction of an underground bypass to connect the surface non-tolled, roads? I'm not proposing giving up a just fight. This underground bypass can proceed at the same time that the people strive to get the barricade open. Don’t the the planning and construction of regular underpasses fall under the jurisdiction of the Selangor state government?
We have a somewhat similar, though less extreme, situation here at Penang's Sungai Nyior toll station along the Butterworth-Kulim tolled highway. Despite earlier suspension of toll, the plaza is now collecting toll fees.
I believe the best way to force the hands of the tolled road operator is to bypass that Sungai Nyior toll station by constructing several surface and underground bypasses in the soft delta soil of the Prai River. The additional roads will boost local economy, properties, and devalue the toll station. Eventually, robust local development will even benefit the toll operator.
MySecret62: The hired thugs were there to intimidate the residents by employing scare tactics and casting fear on their safety. I would humbly suggest that those with the pictures of the thugs publish and distributed them for all to see. Let’s see which hole they will crawl into once they know the rakyat is on the lookout for them. Let’s turn the tables on them and make sure that these thugs and their paymasters be brought to justice.
Evelyn: For heaven's sake! What is going on or happening in our country, Malaysia? Why can't this tussle be resolved by those authorities concerned? And why do we now hear and see our police beating up a citizen? What is the matter? I do not live in Cheras but in another state. But just by reading the news about what is happening there sickens me. I pray that the situation would not erupt into a full blown riot involving the police and the rakyat. It is so shameful.
On Toll operator: We're not involved in BMC violence
HL Too: Of course, the toll operator (Grand Saga) had nothing to do with the attack on the residents in the Bandar Mahkota Cheras fracas. The thugs who attacked the residents are obviously people who have great love for Grand Saga and were incensed at the residents enough to attack them. Some things are just too difficult to believe or understand.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
解决封路风波政府责无旁贷
雪州加影皇冠城居民与蕉加大道公司，针对皇冠城通往蕉加大道的衔接路口开路与封路问题，爭执3年多仍未获得解决。近来隨著该大道公司一再封路以及民眾群集拆路的行动，导致双方的爭执愈来愈激烈。大道公司日前在相关路口以巨大石礅围筑城墙的举动，进一步激怒当地民眾，谩骂挑衅的衝突行动最终升级，演变成流血群殴事件。这道石礅城墙最后虽在警方允准下拆除，然而大道公司、中央及州政府处理问题的冷漠態度、警方人员的袖手旁观以及民眾无法克制情绪而酿成骚乱和流血事件，影响社会安寧，令人感到遗憾。
星星之火，足以燎原。群眾被激怒的情绪濒临失控边缘之际，大道公司尚以更强硬的挑衅姿態和民眾对峙，爆发骚乱，原在预料之中。然而，在两方对峙之中突然出现20余名手持巴冷刀、头盔和木棍的恶霸逞凶，造成更多人受伤的情况，却是疑竇丛生。这些恶霸倘若是受僱到来伤人，是否意味有人企图动用黑社会势力恐嚇人民，目无王法，警方务必要调查清楚。
皇冠城事件闹了近千个日子，由小动作演变到流血事件，迄今未见中央政府出面表態，大道经营合约是由工程部和大道公司签署，皇冠城风波闹得满城风雨，眼见受影响的皇冠城及邻近住宅区数以万计居民，这几年来生活在水深火热之中，为了爭取一条方便行走的路，必须冒著生命危险澈夜看守，防止大道公司筑起路障，中央与雪州政府应主动进行协调，而不应彼此政见不同，保持沉默甚至隔岸观火。此外，反对党议员在国会提出紧急辩论动议，竟被议长驳回，国会乃由人民选出，理应將人民切身问题排在第一位，皇冠城事件动议未通过，亦显露政府对民怨视而未见。
而民盟州政府虽然新上任，但以一些现任州议员过去在野时是带领民眾的开路先锋的经验，州政府不可能完全不知道问题的癥结在哪里？衝突事件愈来愈严重，州政府还在说著一些不著边际的话，难免让民眾感到气馁。
雪州政府既拥有蕉加大道公司30%股权，如此说来，雪政府也是既得利益者之一，既有股权，雪政府更应站在维护人民利益的前提，和大道公司股东以合理方式解决皇冠城封路问题。换句话说，州政府若是一早摆明立场，阻挠大道公司封路，风波就不会演变至今日的地步。
另一方面，警方人员的执法態度，也是造成封路和开路行动酿成严重流血事件的原因之一；警方的责任是维持秩序，而不是以中立不干预的理由，对衝突的情况袖手旁观。执法不公，不但不能平息衝突，反而会刺激情绪激昂的群眾，带来反效果。
至於民眾对封路的激烈反应，固然可以理解，然而，还须以理性的方式寻求解决之道。类似以石礅堵路，以牙还牙的举措，乃是不智行为；民眾可能为逞一时之快，发泄心中怒气，但在路中央置石礅，危及其他无辜驾车人士，万一不幸酿成伤亡，被控上法庭，更是憾事。
皇冠城风波要儘速平息，中央和州政府不能再互相推諉责任，必须和大道公司等相关方面积极协调，共同努力找出解决办法。而在法律程序进行当中，大道公司若能开放有关路口，让民眾自由进出，等同体现企业回馈社会的精神，总胜於与民对峙，惹民怨恨。
星星之火，足以燎原。群眾被激怒的情绪濒临失控边缘之际，大道公司尚以更强硬的挑衅姿態和民眾对峙，爆发骚乱，原在预料之中。然而，在两方对峙之中突然出现20余名手持巴冷刀、头盔和木棍的恶霸逞凶，造成更多人受伤的情况，却是疑竇丛生。这些恶霸倘若是受僱到来伤人，是否意味有人企图动用黑社会势力恐嚇人民，目无王法，警方务必要调查清楚。
皇冠城事件闹了近千个日子，由小动作演变到流血事件，迄今未见中央政府出面表態，大道经营合约是由工程部和大道公司签署，皇冠城风波闹得满城风雨，眼见受影响的皇冠城及邻近住宅区数以万计居民，这几年来生活在水深火热之中，为了爭取一条方便行走的路，必须冒著生命危险澈夜看守，防止大道公司筑起路障，中央与雪州政府应主动进行协调，而不应彼此政见不同，保持沉默甚至隔岸观火。此外，反对党议员在国会提出紧急辩论动议，竟被议长驳回，国会乃由人民选出，理应將人民切身问题排在第一位，皇冠城事件动议未通过，亦显露政府对民怨视而未见。
而民盟州政府虽然新上任，但以一些现任州议员过去在野时是带领民眾的开路先锋的经验，州政府不可能完全不知道问题的癥结在哪里？衝突事件愈来愈严重，州政府还在说著一些不著边际的话，难免让民眾感到气馁。
雪州政府既拥有蕉加大道公司30%股权，如此说来，雪政府也是既得利益者之一，既有股权，雪政府更应站在维护人民利益的前提，和大道公司股东以合理方式解决皇冠城封路问题。换句话说，州政府若是一早摆明立场，阻挠大道公司封路，风波就不会演变至今日的地步。
另一方面，警方人员的执法態度，也是造成封路和开路行动酿成严重流血事件的原因之一；警方的责任是维持秩序，而不是以中立不干预的理由，对衝突的情况袖手旁观。执法不公，不但不能平息衝突，反而会刺激情绪激昂的群眾，带来反效果。
至於民眾对封路的激烈反应，固然可以理解，然而，还须以理性的方式寻求解决之道。类似以石礅堵路，以牙还牙的举措，乃是不智行为；民眾可能为逞一时之快，发泄心中怒气，但在路中央置石礅，危及其他无辜驾车人士，万一不幸酿成伤亡，被控上法庭，更是憾事。
皇冠城风波要儘速平息，中央和州政府不能再互相推諉责任，必须和大道公司等相关方面积极协调，共同努力找出解决办法。而在法律程序进行当中，大道公司若能开放有关路口，让民眾自由进出，等同体现企业回馈社会的精神，总胜於与民对峙，惹民怨恨。
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