What would happen if Chinese and Tamil newspapers had emblazoned ‘Chinese Arise’ or ‘Indian Arise’ headlines on their frontpage?
That’s the question which is being asked by veteran opposition leader Lim Kit Siang.
Yesterday, Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia ran a frontpage headline ‘Bangkitlah Melayu’ in a report which called for greater Malay unity in challenging the demands of other races.
Lim, who is DAP supremo and Ipoh Timur parliamentarian, wants to know why this issue was not raised at Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s first cabinet meeting yesterday.
According to Lim, if other newspapers were to do what Utusan had done, it would a key agenda at the cabinet meeting, and this would be followed by “dire consequences for the Chinese and Tamil newspapers concerned”.
“No minister would raise any objection that stern and immediate action be taken against the Chinese and Tamil papers for publishing such inflammatory and racist material...,” added Lim in a statement today.
‘Utusan purveying communal poison’
The opposition leader noted that Najib, after the cabinet meeting, had called on Malaysians to break away from their “ethnic prison”.
“Unfortunately, the biggest ‘ethnic prison’ in this country is none other than Barisan Nasional, and this is why the Najib cabinet could not break out from the four walls of the ‘ethnic prison’ yesterday to act boldly and decisively to stop Utusan Malaysia from purveying communal poison which can only destroy all public credibility for Najib’s 1Malaysia concept.”
In the Utusan report, a number of top politicians were asked for their views on the need for Malay unity.
“We cannot let only one side win. If we want to satisfy whatever they (other races) want, we should not give away what is rightfully ours,” Selangor opposition leader Dr Mohd Khir Toyo said.
That’s the question which is being asked by veteran opposition leader Lim Kit Siang.
Yesterday, Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia ran a frontpage headline ‘Bangkitlah Melayu’ in a report which called for greater Malay unity in challenging the demands of other races.
Lim, who is DAP supremo and Ipoh Timur parliamentarian, wants to know why this issue was not raised at Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s first cabinet meeting yesterday.According to Lim, if other newspapers were to do what Utusan had done, it would a key agenda at the cabinet meeting, and this would be followed by “dire consequences for the Chinese and Tamil newspapers concerned”.
“No minister would raise any objection that stern and immediate action be taken against the Chinese and Tamil papers for publishing such inflammatory and racist material...,” added Lim in a statement today.
‘Utusan purveying communal poison’
The opposition leader noted that Najib, after the cabinet meeting, had called on Malaysians to break away from their “ethnic prison”.
“Unfortunately, the biggest ‘ethnic prison’ in this country is none other than Barisan Nasional, and this is why the Najib cabinet could not break out from the four walls of the ‘ethnic prison’ yesterday to act boldly and decisively to stop Utusan Malaysia from purveying communal poison which can only destroy all public credibility for Najib’s 1Malaysia concept.”
In the Utusan report, a number of top politicians were asked for their views on the need for Malay unity.
“We cannot let only one side win. If we want to satisfy whatever they (other races) want, we should not give away what is rightfully ours,” Selangor opposition leader Dr Mohd Khir Toyo said.
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