How could non police action against Ibrahim Ali be explained or justified with “he was merely defending Islam”?
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Statement by M Kula Segaran, DAP National Vice Chairman and MP for Ipoh Barat
in Ipoh on October 9, 2014
How could non police action against Ibrahim Ali be explained
or justified with “he was merely defending Islam”?
Yesterday, Nancy Shukri, the
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of law , told the
Parliament that the police decided not to take action against Perkasa president
Datuk Ibrahim Ali over his call last year to burn copies of the Bible
containing the word "Allah" because he was merely defending Islam.
Her answer was most shocking.
Malaysians are now not only angry
with the double standards applied by the authorities in not taking action
against some individuals but also with the ridiculous excuse used for practicing
such double standards.
How could non police action against
Ibrahim Ali be explained or justified with “he was merely defending Islam”?
This is a most dangerous statement
as in future; more provocative statements and actions by extremist groups will
be made with such excuse.
Nancy Shukri also said that the
police concluded that Ibrahim’s words were only directed at specific
individuals, and not a threat to larger society.
Can Nancy explain why DAP
Assemblyman R.S.N. Rayer was charged under the Sedition Act for his “Celaka
Umno” remark?
Why should he be charged for merely
calling an organization celaka and had only responded to a protest by some Umno
leaders?
If she is not aware of the facts,
below is part of a news report which she can obtain easily:-
“It was reported that Rayer had made the controversial
“celaka” remark when referring to a protest in January in which a banner that
read “Because of DAP leaders, May 13 happened. Want some more?” was held up.
When making the remark, Rayer also mentioned local Umno
leaders – Kepala Batas MP Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican, Tasek
Gelugor MP Datuk Shabudin Yahya and state Umno secretary Datuk Musa Sheikh
Fadzir – whom he said had also made statements touching on race at the protest
in Seberang Jaya.”
Nancy’s answer has only further
confirmed what Malaysians already know-- the government practices double
standards in using the draconian Sedition Act.
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