“Former appeal court judge Mohd Noor Abdullah’s (left) racist speech puts the Ku Klux Klan to shame and makes Hitler proud.“How long more are we to tolerate such hate mongering and race baiting from the illegitimate Najib government?” said Anwar in a statement today on his blog.
Yesterday during a forum organised by UiTM Malaysia Alumni Association and Gabungan Pelajar Melayu Semenanjung in Kuala Lumpur, Mohd Noor warned the Chinese that there would be a backlash for their “betrayal” of the ruling party at the 13th general election.
“For the Malays, it is taboo to be betrayed, because when they are betrayed, they will react and when they react, their vengeance will be endless,” the former judge was reported saying at the forum.
Among the points raised during the forum titled ‘GE13 post-mortem: Muslim leadership and survival’ were the suggested abolition of vernacular schools and how BN can amend the state constitution to prevent non-Malays and non-Muslims from being a menteri besar in states where the coalition has two-thirds majority.
Anwar slammed Umno for sowing “hatred and discord” and said that in contrast, Pakatan Rakyat will continue to foster peace and understanding among various races.
“While
Umno sows the seeds of hatred and discord, we in Pakatan Rakyat will
shower this nation with goodwill and mutual respect, and in doing so
foster peace and understanding in our society.“Let’s all stand shoulder to shoulder and remain united. To Malaysians, thank you for coming out tonight (to the Black 505 rally) in Ipoh and showing these zealots what being Anak Malaysia means,” he said.
DAP's Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo said that such racial attacks stems from Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's inability to act against individuals who have been making racial statements.
"The prime minister has over and over again promised to be a prime minister for all Malaysians under the 1Malaysia concept, which is supposed to be a policy aimed at removing racial politics. He has obviously failed," Gobind said in a statement.
"He
has failed to defend Malaysians who exercised their constitutional
rights to vote. He has failed to show respect for the fact that citizens
have every right to vote for whomsoever they want without fear of
threats or compulsion," the statement further read.Gobind (left) added that it is now "alarming" that the Malaysian government is "openly encouraging" a threat and blame exercise targeted at its own people, particularly the Chinese.
"He (Najib) must demonstrate that he is a Malaysian prime minister. He must put a stop to it and must do it now," he stressed.
Gobind also said that the conduct of Mohd Noor casts a "shadow of gloom" over those who argued that Malaysia's judiciary has always been independent.
"We can now see the mindset of some judges such as Mohd Noor, who is also the same judge who convicted (DAP secretary-general) Lim Guan Eng for offences against the Printing Presses and Publications Act and for sedition in 1997," he noted.
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