BESUT (Sept 6, 2012): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak is willing to meet the father of a college student over the teenager's indecent and rude act at the "Janji Demokrasi" gathering on Merdeka eve, Aug 30.
The 19-year-old was caught on camera exposing his buttocks and stepping and squatting on the pictures of Najib, his wife and Election Commission chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof during the gathering.
"There's no problem. I am prepared to meet anybody but the principle is, the process of the law cannot be compromised and must proceed. If he (teenager's father) wants to meet me, it can be arranged anytime," he said after attending a Hari Raya celebration in Kampung Tasek Tok Lebai, here, today.
The media reported the man wanting to meet Najib personally to apologise for his son's offensive behaviour.
Najib said everyone must respect the law.
Meanwhile, the management of a private college in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur where the teenager is studying, is reported to have decided to expel him over the incident.
Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said whether the student could appeal to continue his studies there would depend on the discretion of the college.
Earlier, in his speech at the function, the prime minister when touching on the uncivilised behaviour of some participants of the "Janji Demokrasi" gathering, said such thinking could hamper the struggle to build successful nationhood.
"A country can be independent, but building nationhood calls for obligations and having good values, and is based on our national ideology, that is the Rukun Negara.
"But recently, when a Merdeka celebration organised by the opposition was marred by such incidents as the exposing of buttocks, stepping on the photographs of national leaders and displaying a flag to replace the national flag, the quesion is, what were the values of the individuals involved?
"If this is the way, where the rulers are not respected, the constitution not upheld and the law ignored, what will happen in the future?" he said.
Najib said the upcoming 13th general election would not be just any election as it would determine the country's future.
Therefore, he said, a strong mandate should be given to the Barisan Nasional (BN) government and the right leaders be appropriately placed.
Najib also hoped that the state BN election machinery would focus on their tasks in order to win the upcoming elections by not allowing outside elements to cloud their considerations.
He said this time was not about the divisional elections, but about whether Umno and BN could remain in power or otherwise. --Bernama
Sources: The Sun 2012
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