It wasn’t us: Muar Umno Youth deny causing ruckus during Syed Saddiq’s speech

KUALA LUMPUR – Muar Umno Youth have denied their involvement in a commotion that took place during the “Mega Muar” ceramah last night, which saw a group of youth attempting to disrupt Muda president Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman’s speech.

Taking to Twitter, Muar Umno youth chief Helmy Abdul Latif said that he strongly rejects any form of provocation in politics.

Selaku Ketua Pemuda UMNO Muar, saya berkeras habis-habisan menolak politik secara provokasi seperti ini. Tak kira dibayar atau tidak, ini satu budaya yang tidak sihat dalam politik di negara kita. https://t.co/bivQGqcbNG

— Helmy Latif (@helmyabdlatif) October 16, 2022

Asserting that he did not instruct his division to instigate any provocation, Helmy condemned the act, adding that “we do not have time for this”.

“Political platforms should be celebrated openly...If we want to fight, we do so with the right ideology,” he said.

Helmy’s response follows allegations levelled by Syed Saddiq’s head of strategic communications, Farhan Iqbal, who claimed that Umno was behind the incident.

“Syed Saddiq’s first ceramah and Umno has already sent its boys to kacau (disturb),” Farhan tweeted late last night.

When contacted for clarification, Farhan responded: “Several locals identified these guys who were part of the group.”

Ceramah pertama @SyedSaddiq UMNO dah hantar budak kacau.

Terima kasih Abang Polis kekalkan keamanan.

— Farhan (@lamkanahraf) October 16, 2022

Meanwhile, Muda secretary-general Amira Aisya said that the party will be filing a police report on the matter.

“Whoever rejects dirty politics must make a police report...Don’t use the excuse that you don’t recognise who did it. We have proof,” she said. – The Vibes, October 17, 2022

Ada pula org marah marah kata jgn tuduh UMNO.

Lepas tu kata kita sendiri yg upah.

Team Muar sendiri akan buat laporan polis pagi ni. Kalau kami upah, buat apa nak buat laporan?

Saya nak share juga sini gambar yg team sempat ambil.

Topi kuning ni antara yg provoke semalam. https://t.co/U4kayuR4w7 pic.twitter.com/JgXKZKZdyK

— amiraaisya (@_amiraaisya) October 17, 2022