
DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng said Khairil should call for stern action to be taken against the Islamic party’s president Abdul Hadi Awang, instead of telling Putrajaya to be fair when punishing political parties who touch on such issues.
Lim said that Hadi had issued a lot of statements that touch on 3R and had “deliberately denigrated, humiliated, discriminated and bullied non-Muslims.”
“By demanding that action be taken against DAP leaders reacting to PAS’ extremist and racist statements against non-Muslims, PAS is behaving no different to a thief who calls his victim a thief,” he said in a statement.
Yesterday, Khairil called for the communications and digital ministry to be fair when reacting to political parties that allegedly raised 3R issues. He accused DAP vice-chairman Nga Kor Ming of spreading Islamophobia.
On June 27, Nga, as the local government development minister, called for the Kota Bharu Municipal Council (MPKB) to retract a compound notice issued to a non-Muslim for allegedly dressing indecently.
Khairil also hit out at former Damansara MP Tony Pua for his controversial remark labelling Barisan Nasional and Bersatu as “corrupt”, saying it was racially charged as they both have Malay leaders.
Meanwhile, DAP’s Syerleena Abdul Rashid also issued a statement sharing similar sentiments, pointing out Hadi’s comments that touched on racial and religious sensitivities.
She went on to say that Hadi had once claimed that non-Muslim and non-Bumiputera communities were the most involved in corruption.
“Such outdated tactics are predictable and reflect the reality that the other side has run out of ideas,” she said, commenting on Khairil’s attack on DAP leaders.
“As usual, PAS continues to play their damaging narrative of ‘everything is DAP’s fault,’, especially in the run-up to the state election.”
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