KUALA LUMPUR: Two state Umno information chiefs have hit out at those who burnt the Jalur Gemilang during the riot in Kuala Terengganu on Saturday night. Terengganu Umno information chief Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek said that such acts reflected total disrespect to the nations 50 years of Independence. More than a dozen Jalur Gemilang and Umno flags, and Barisan Nasional banners, were burned during the riot.The Star 11/9/2007
Although many people see this as a Disrespectful act to the country, I'll like to challenge the MALAYSIANs to think critically.
Often, such action is intended to make a political point against a country or its policies. Some countries have laws forbidding methods of defacement (such as burning) or forbidding particular uses (such as for commercial purposes); such laws may distinguish between desecration of the country's own national flag and flags of other countries. Other countries have laws protecting the right to burn a flag as free speech.
I'll like to see it this way, is it an act that says "I HATE MY COUNTRY" or "BECAUSE OF YOU, MY COUNTRY IS GOING DOWN TO FLAMES LIKE THIS".
Burning a flag perhaps could be an art of expression
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