S'gor Perkasa backs Kiki, sets up public fund
Malaysiakini – 6 hours ago
Selangor Perkasa today announced that it is setting up a fund to help Kiki Kamaruddin, the accidental poster girl for road rage, pay for her fine.
The Malay rights group in a Facebook posting is calling for public donations to help Kiki, or Siti Fairrah Ashyikin Kamaruddin, the woman who gained national notoriety for road bullying an elderly citizen in Kuantan last week.
Kiki was fined RM5,000 and ordered to do 240 hours of community service by the Kuantan sessions court on July 22 for the road bullying incident.
"Due to our sympathy with her, we the leaders of Perkasa Selangor will make as much collections as possible," the posting today read.
Kiki gained national infamy when a video of her abusing the elderly Chinese man, recorded by a passerby, went viral on the internet and created the hashtag #CDM25, the plate number of her Peugeot.
Kiki had shouted at the man and repeatedly hit the bonnet of his car with a steering lock after the latter knocked into her car in a minor road accident in Kuantan last week.
She was recently interviewed by a slew of mainstream radio stations following a public apology over her conduct.
When contacted, Selangor Perkasa chief Abu Bakar Yahya told Malaysiakini since launching the fund at 3am today, the NGO has collected more than RM500 to aid Kiki.
"We decided to help her because she has co-operated well with the authorities over the matter and we want to reduce her burden," he said.
