“With the entry of PKR and its violent culture of politics into Sabah, it is a most disturbing and worrisome phenomenon to see that many individuals nowadays resort to acts of slandering others in the name of freedom of expression. I find it very difficult to understand why so many well-educated people nowadays cannot behave decently. They chose instead to indulge in character assassination. Would their next course of action be to commit murder?”
“With the entry of PKR and its violent culture of politics into Sabah, it is a most disturbing and worrisome phenomenon to see that many individuals nowadays resort to acts of slandering others in the name of freedom of expression.
“I find it very difficult to understand why so many well-educated people nowadays cannot behave decently.
“They chose instead to indulge in character assassination. Would their next course of action be to commit murder?”
Lagadan, who is Kadamaian assemblyman, was commenting on a sketch posted by local hip-hop artist Atama Katama on Facebook.
The sketch allegedly defamed PBS president Joseph Pairin Kitingan, Chief Minister Musa Aman and Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Masidi Manjun.
Last Friday, PBS Youth had lodged a police report against Atama, whose real name is Andrew Ambrose Mudi, claiming that his sketch was in “bad taste”.
Ambrose in response said that he had lifted the sketch from an online public domain and was merely reflecting his creativity and imagination.
Said Lagadan: “I am confused as to why Ambrose had to resort to slandering his own paramount leader, the Huguan Siou (Pairin)?
“Does Ambrose think that he is more perfect than Pairin or Musa or Masidi?”
Lagadan, who is also Assistant Community Service and Consumer Affairs Minister, said that a civilised person should respect another’s right to have different opinion “without having to resort to slandering”.
