‘Keep quiet or get AIDS' – Rafizi reveals chilling threat to family
14 Aug 2025 12:28pm
Former economy minister Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli reveals that a threatening message was sent to his wife following the assault on their 12-year-old son yesterday.
SHAH ALAM - Former economy minister Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli reveals that threatening messages was sent to his wife following the assault on their 12-year-old son yesterday.
The Pandan MP said the messages threatened to infect their child with AIDS.
'My wife received a threatening message at 1.12am yesterday on her phone number. From one phone number, the message read, 'Keep quiet, if you continue, AIDS.'
'The second message was this morning at 11.02am, also sent via WhatsApp, with the same message, 'Keep quiet, if you continue, AIDS,' followed by a syringe emoji three times,' the former PKR deputy president said at a press conference at the Parliament building on Thursday. Photo for illustrative purposes only - Pixabay
Yesterday, Rafizi disclosed that his son had been pulled and injected with a syringe by an unknown individual while they were getting into their car at a shopping mall in Putrajaya.
Emphasising that he would not back down, he believes the attack was a warning for him to stop speaking out on certain issues.
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COMMENT | It's quite scary to think about the incident that happened to former economy minister Rafizi Ramli's son and wife. How they were assaulted and then his son was attacked with a syringe is just something too absurd to think that it could happen in Malaysia, isn't it? It's the kind of thing that makes you want to throw your hands up in the air and ask, "What the hell is wrong with us?" Then again, I've been around for a while now, watching Malaysian politics unfold, and I've seen a lot. Political theatrics, mudslinging, character assassinations - it's all part of the show.
