Komtar assemblyman Ng Wei Aik today said he will sue those who claim he made a racial slur against an Indian-Muslim shop worker here two Sundays ago.
The Penang chief minister’s political secretary was alleged to have told Restoran Nasi Kandar Mohamad Aliyar supervisor, Mohamad Ali Miden Shah to “balik India (return to India)” while assisting local council officers seize the shop’s furniture during a January 2 enforcement exercise.
“This is slander and a wild and malicious accusation against me,” Ng said in a media statement today.
“I will file a lawsuit against those who make baseless allegations against me,” he added.
The state lawmaker said he has been facing repeated personal attacks after the shop — located in the Komtar constituency —had furniture seized by local council officers, for breaking local by-laws.
The Penang Municipal Council (MPPP) had confiscated several tables, chairs and a television belonging to the “mamak” shop that had been placed on the sidewalk after two cars crashed near there earlier that night.
Ng has been forced to defend himself after facing relentless attacks from the Indian-Muslim community following news reports published in pro-Umno websites.
He had played a video recording of the incident, at a news conference with Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng earlier this week.
On January 6, an Umno-Online report had quoted complainant Mohamad Ali as saying: “At that time, I tried to stop him again, but my efforts were ignored and [he] said to me ‘close, close, return to India’. He was yelling, how is he going to deny that?”
The Indian-Muslim Congress of Malaysia (Kimma) also claimed it has strong evidence to show Ng uttered the slur and gave the latter a week to make a public apology before it too resorts to court action. - Malaysian Insider
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