MCA's Publicity Bureau Deputy Chairman cites statements by Mahfuz Omar and Nik Abduh as proof.
KUALA LUMPUR: MCA has denounced PAS for its alleged support of terrorism, citing statements by two of the party’s officials when reacting to news of the death of Mohd Lotfi Ibrahim, a Malaysian who fought on the side the Islamic State (IS) militia in Syria.
MCA Publicity Bureau Deputy Chairman Marco Yap said that PAS’s “full backing for militant activities by Malaysians against innocent civilians and religious minorities in Syria and Iraq” was indicated by statements issued by its information chief Mahfuz Omar and central committee member Nik Mohamad Abduh Nik Abdul Aziz, which contained references to Mohd Lotfi as a “martyr.”
Yap’s press statement, released yesterday, referred to IS by its old name, ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria).
“Unless PAS wants to put Malaysia in the headlines of world news for its open backing for ISIS,” he said, it “must rescind its support for the nightmare, mass shootings, head severing and terrorism committed by ISIS fighters including Malaysian ISIS followers abroad and even within Malaysia, where they had planned to bomb pubs, entertainment centres as well as the Carlsberg brewery.”
Yap, a Sabahan, said his state had experienced “intrusions, gunfire, kidnappings and murder” by terror cells linked to the Philippines-based Abu Sayyaf group. “I fully comprehend the fear and reign of terror ignited by these ISIS terrorists and urge PAS to sympathise with the victims, their families, the refugees and not with ISIS,” he said.
MCA Publicity Bureau Deputy Chairman Marco Yap said that PAS’s “full backing for militant activities by Malaysians against innocent civilians and religious minorities in Syria and Iraq” was indicated by statements issued by its information chief Mahfuz Omar and central committee member Nik Mohamad Abduh Nik Abdul Aziz, which contained references to Mohd Lotfi as a “martyr.”
Yap’s press statement, released yesterday, referred to IS by its old name, ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria).
“Unless PAS wants to put Malaysia in the headlines of world news for its open backing for ISIS,” he said, it “must rescind its support for the nightmare, mass shootings, head severing and terrorism committed by ISIS fighters including Malaysian ISIS followers abroad and even within Malaysia, where they had planned to bomb pubs, entertainment centres as well as the Carlsberg brewery.”
Yap, a Sabahan, said his state had experienced “intrusions, gunfire, kidnappings and murder” by terror cells linked to the Philippines-based Abu Sayyaf group. “I fully comprehend the fear and reign of terror ignited by these ISIS terrorists and urge PAS to sympathise with the victims, their families, the refugees and not with ISIS,” he said.
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