Kulasegaran, also the DAP vice-chairperson, named the daily and its writer Awang Selamat over the article which he claimed can incite racial hatred and cause public unrest in this country.The article was published yesterday in the daily's Sunday edition Mingguan Malaysia and touched on the issue of Malay supremacy. The article also questioned Kulasegaran for allegedly questioning the issue of Malay supremacy.
The report was lodged at the Dang Wangi district police station at about 2pm. Kulasegaran was accompanied by DAP's MP for Teluk Intan M Manoharan, MP for Seremban John Fernandez and Kuching MP Chong Chieng Jen.
In his report, Kulasegaran said that he had never questioned the special privileges as set out in Article 153 of the federal constitution or any rights of the Malay rulers.
"We urge Utusan not to play with fire," he told reporters outside the police station, after making the report.
'This is my country too'
Kulasegaran said that Awang can be misguided and have a wrong understanding of the Malay supremacy concept, but he must not make baseless, false and dangerous accusations against him and DAP.
Also present was A Rajaretinam, president of the Federation of Malaysian Indian Organisations, better known as Prima. He questioned why the paper played the racial card, inciting racial animosity.
"We are all Malaysians and this is my country as much as yours," he said.
He also questioned the lack of action by the Home Ministry against Utusan. He said that if it was published in another newspaper, the publication would have been asked for a show-cause letter.
Further, he told reporters that the Malaysian Indian NGOs will stage a protest against Utusan Malaysia later this week.
Senator S Ramakrishnan who was also there says the article is a form of racial incitement and that this sort of reporting should stop.
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