Rock band Carburetor Dung’s lead vocalist - who was assaulted at the Protes anti-fuel price hike assembly yesterday - alleges that the melee was provoked by parties unfriendly to the event.

carburator dung lewd performance at protes fuel price hike rally mppj stadium 070708 02 "I believe the incident was caused by three people who were near the front of the stage.

"However, I don’t think they were supporters of the rally. I don’t know who they were," Alak told Malaysiakini today.

Alak ( photo ) was singing the chorus of the band’s hit song ‘Jilat’ (Lick) when mayhem ensued after he was said to have dropped his pants and directed his boxer-clad behind to the crowd.

This was met with projectiles (water bottles and stones) being showered onto the band members with the audience rushing forward in an attempt to storm the stage.

In the melee, Alak was grabbed while still on the stage and pulled down. He suffered minor bruising.

The incident occurred at about seven in the evening during the event at the Kelana Jaya Stadium in Petaling Jaya. Around 2,000 youths were watching the brief 15-minute concert at the time.

protes fuel price hike rally mppj stadium 070708 26 Following intervention by PKR Youth members, the tense situation was defused with Alak being whisked away while the incensed crowd was persuaded to calm down.

The evening’s programme than proceeded as planned with some 30,000 people turning up later in the night to hear Pakatan Rakyat leaders - including Anwar Ibrahim - speak.

Carburetor Dung was belting out three of their famous satirical songs inspired by national politics when things went sour in the middle of ‘Jilat’ following Alak’s antics.

Organiser for the event’s live performances, Hishamuddin Rais, later apologised to the assembled crowd and accepted responsibility over the incident.

A clearly distressed Hishamuddin explained that the band was not linked to any political party.

‘Championing same cause’

Alak, meanwhile, denied he had dropped his pants and shown his covered rear to the audience.

"Actually, I didn’t parade my boxers like what was reported in the media today," he stressed.

He expressed frustration with the way the crowd reacted noting that the band had even complied with the dress code requirement of the organisers.

"I’m very disappointed by the crowd’s reaction. They (audience) should have stayed calm and discussed the problem, not behave the way they did".

He said his disappointment was further made worse by the fact that his band and the crowd were ‘championing the same cause’.

carburator dung lewd performance at protes fuel price hike rally mppj stadium 070708 01 Alak, nevertheless, apologised for upsetting the crowd and said that it was not their intention to offend anyone.

Carburetor Dung, he said, had performed for free and ‘for the people’ adding, however, that in this instance they may have ‘performed for the wrong crowd’.

Carburetor Dung, a well-known underground punk rock outfit, was established in 1991. The band has released two albums and is a favourite with local indie-music fans having performed both locally and internationally.

‘Jilat’ is a 2004 song of theirs satirising how some people flatter others to get what they want, explained Alak.

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