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We just want to see the giant flag, Akmal quips amid police warnings
Umno Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh had said that he and other leaders would turn up outside the hardware store in Penang today to see if DAP had hung its flag correctly.
PETALING JAYA : Umno Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh brushed off police warnings to the public to stay away from the wing's gathering outside a hardware store in Penang today related to the upside-down Jalur Gemilang issue.
'We just want to come and see the giant flag and eat nasi kandar,' he said in a tongue-in-cheek post on Facebook.
DAP had sponsored the giant Jalur Gemilang for the hardware shop in Kepala Batas after the owner was accused of hoisting the national flag upside down.
Akmal previously said that he and other leaders would turn up outside the hardware store today to see if DAP had hung its flag correctly.
Bersatu Youth also said that it would join its Umno counterpart.
Penang police chief Azizee Ismail however urged all parties to wait for a decision on the matter by the deputy public prosecutor's office and to refrain from any actions that could heighten tensions.
He also warned that police would take stern action against any party that breaches the law or commits a breach of peace, according to the relevant laws.
Akmal previously threatened to protest at the shop if the owner was not charged by today, saying he would personally 'teach this 'Ah Pek' (uncle) how to put up a flag properly'.
Civil society group Projek Sama subsequently urged Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to intervene and rein in Akmal, to stop the Umno man's 'witch-hunt', especially if the shop owner was not charged over the issue.
