This morning, Khaled tweeted: “No one asked them to camp out at Dataran Merdeka. When something happens, don’t go asking for sympathy”."If there is a car tyre punctured by the side of the road, that is Umno's fault. If there is a motorcyle punctured, that is also Umno's fault.
“If there is a bicycle tyre punctured on a deserted road in the middle of the forest, that too is Umno's fault," sniped the deputy minister."I don't know, I was asleep last night. People sleep at home, not in the middle of a field," he told reporters at the Parliament lobby.
Falling short of condemning such attacks, he said such allegations can be spread through mobile text messages and online media to stoke public anger.
“There have been such cases where allegations of such nature have been used...to raise emotions, be it in the areas of race, religion and now involving students,” he said.
He added that it is important to differentiate between real and fake allegations, also advising the public not to react.
“Let the necessary agencies investigate, and at the moment the one who has control... of Dataran Merdeka is the Kuala Lumpur City Council (DBKL) and I don’t see it as a major security issue,” he said.
“(We) hope the opposition now realises that in their feverish calls to Malaysians to participate in one demonstration after another be it in Malaysia or globally, reactions from their detractors may arise.

The assailants, many clad in black shirts, destroyed all the tents erected last Saturday at the iconic public square in the city centre.
He said between 50 to 70 thugs encircled the students at the camp site, before provoking and beating them up.
However, attempts to document the attack through cameras, camcorders and handphones apparently angered their attackers, who destroyed some of the recording devices.
The 100-odd students who are campaigning for the abolition of PTPTN (National Higher Education Loan Fund) nevertheless appeared unfazed by the incident.
"We were not ‘samseng’ (hooligans) as accused by an Umno minister," she said.
“This is the SRJK(C) we had fought for over a period of 12 years. We have waited patiently, no way (were we going to) mess up the ceremony,” Lee (left in picture) said.
Cheong (right in picture), said his choice to dress in green was a sign of a silent protest.
“I am very angry ....they are not onlysamseng, but robbers, too. All this happened while the police were around,” he added.



