Isma: IGP, why no action on 'Malay pendatang'?

 

 Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) has questioned Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar's silence on the slew of police reports made against Gerakan member Tan Lai Soon.

The movement's vice-president Abdul Rahman Dali (right) said prior to this, the police were swift in investigating Isma president Abdullah Zaik Abdul Rahman, who was later charged under the Sedition Act.

"More than 20 police reports were made (against Tan). But until today, there has been no action.

"Why is there no action? Are the police practising selective action,” he told Ismaweb.

The Batu Pahat Gerakan member drew flak when he said with the exception of the Orang Asli and natives of Sabah and Sarawak, others were pendatang or immigrants.

Tan also said that Malays also emigrated from Indonesia.

He made the remark during the Gerakan national conference, where he also took a swipe at Isma and Perkasa, saying the movements’ leaders should be considered as people suffering from an incurable mental illness.

Tan later apologised and he has since been suspended from the party.

Previously, the Isma president was hauled to court over his remark on May 6 that Chinese migrants brought in by the British to Tanah Melayu were "trespassers".