We should have learnt from this episode a long time ago!

So all the stories about the Sultan of Kelantan being ambushed on May 4 2010 must be true as reported by Utusan Malaysia today (click on pic above to read details).

The incident which happened on May 4 and was earlier reported on May 5 has also been reported in the mainstream media. But the entire episode of the incident has so far been shortchanged from the public, either by both the mainstream media and the alternative.

Read the May 5 report from the mainstream media here and by clicking the Malay Mail screenshot on the right. Also read it from the blogs here and here

The video of the incident was also said to have been uploaded on YouTube.

The blogger Bujai who commented of the new outcome when the video emerged in YouTube in his blog Just Read is now in a lurch.

The group Majlis Setia Rakyat and its president, Datuk Azaha Abdul Rani has filed a police report against Bujai's posting on September 6: Explain before you go IGP! Not sure if the report is because of the later posting or the earlier one which has the YouTube video on it on July 22: The Police must answer this! or both.

According to Utusan (pic above) the Majlis Setia Rakyat said the report was made against the blog because it has humiliated the image of the Sultan (menjejaskan maruah Kesultanan Kelantan).

Not sure whether Utusan got it right or not because the last time Azaha reported to the police it was against the actions of the police as was reported in Berita Harian here:

Presiden Majlis Setia Rakyat (pic), Azaha Abdul Rani, berkata pihaknya dukacita dengan kejadian itu. Beliau berkata, siasatan perlu dilakukan terhadap pihak yang tidak menghormati dan menjaga maruah Raja Perempuan Kelantan.

“Perlakuan kasar itu boleh menjatuhkan maruah, martabat dan menghina darjat kesultanan Kelantan yang bertakhta dengan sah dan berdaulat memerintah negeri,” katanya.  

Whatever it is, this episode has made a mockery of not just the sanctity of the Malay Rulers but also the inefficiency of the mainstream media to have to rely on alternative news, video clips and commentaries before they would act or report on it.

Now, you know who or which party the onus is on. Maybe this is just a conspiracy to get the fella to shut up before he leaves.