Ibrahim Ali called up by cops

Penang police have called up Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali over his Bible-burning remark and will call him again to record a statement in two days time.

Ibrahim confirmed in a short text message to The Malay Mail that the police were following up on a police report lodged against him.

Perkasa secretary-general Syed Hasan Syed Ali also said DAP can “go ahead” to obtain a court order to compel the attorney-general to act against Ibrahim over his statement calling for Muslims to seize and burn copies of the Bible which contained the word ‘Allah’ or other Arabic words.

He was responding to a report in The Malay Mail yesterday’ in which the DAP national chairperson Karpal Singh gave the attorney-general two weeks to act against Ibrahim.

However, Attorney-General Gani Patail had said police must investigate actual incidences of Bible-burning in order for any action to be taken.

“It is their (DAP’s) right to proceed with such actions. As a lawyer, he (Karpal) should be patient and should be aware of how such procedures are,” said Syed Hasan.

“If indeed Karpal is so concerned about such things, why doesn’t he address other issues that may disrupt the nation’s harmony such as with Patrick Teoh’s remarks on Facebook, or the spreading of hatred by other religions towards Malays?”

Syed Hasan was referring to Teoh’s Facebook posting which ridiculed the Muslims, after which he posted an apology.

- The Malay Mail