23-07-2025
Chong seeks urgent parliamentary debate on Batu Kawa stone-throwing incidents
Chong Chieng Jen
KUCHING (July 23): Stampin MP Chong Chieng Jen has submitted an emergency motion to the Dewan Rakyat, seeking an urgent parliamentary debate over repeated stone-throwing incidents along Jalan Batu Kawa here, which have endangered road users over the past six months.
Chong, who is DAP Sarawak chairman, said the motion was submitted to the Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat pursuant to Standing Order 18 of the Parliament.
He revealed the Speaker will decide on Thursday whether the motion will be debated in the House or the Second Chamber, or rejected.
'With the matter now brought to the attention of the Parliament and the federal government, I hope that the matter can be resolved and the true culprit identified and arrested soonest possible,' he said in a statement yesterday.
According to Chong, the motion mentioned, amongst others things, that unknown person(s) riding motorcycles, have on numerous occasions, thrown stones at oncoming cars at Jalan Batu Kawa, breaking their windscreens.
Despite the police setting up roadblocks and the local council installing closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras along the affected stretch, he said the culprit continues to evade arrest, and the stone-throwing persists.
He added that the issue has gone viral and is widely reported on social media, revealing the incompetence on the part of the government to protect safety of its citizens.
'More importantly, road users are now in constant anxiety when travelling up and down that stretch of the road, fearing that at any moment a stone will smash through their windscreen when they are driving on the road.
'This is a specific matter that affects public interest and ought to be dealt with urgently before some lives is lost due to such criminal and irresponsible act,' he said.
