Ignorant Isma peddling hate – Howard Lee

Our nation is hit by an artificially induced storm of hatred and bigotry by dark and evil forces who are arm-in-arm with, and serving the interest of, those walking the corridors of power.

In the space of 24 hours, we have seen one of our nation’s public institutions being used as a platform to incite religious bigotry and extremism, and a racial and religious extremist organisation peddling revolting, abhorrent and seditious hate statements.

In our nation, where the police is known for their efficiency in curbing dissent, and preventing events viewed as potentially inciting racial disharmony and religious hatred, we see total inaction by the police on these seditious happenings.

Yes, granted, that the IGP has made a statement that investigation will be held, but that is it. What more evidence needed other than on Ismaweb.com?

Needless to say, the Attorney-General’s Chambers are seemingly too busy levelling charges against Pakatan Rakyat leaders to care about real threats to national harmony like Isma and Mais.

The statement made by Isma president Abdullah Zaik Abd Rahman branding Malaysian Chinese as invaders out to oppress and bully the Malays, shows that he is not only seditious, but also an anti-constitutional chauvinist.

Though I do not subscribe to the Sediton Act as it is a tool used by the BN past and present to silent dissent, Abdullah Zaik's words are seditious, outwardly and unashamedly crafted to incite racial hatred with intent to marginalise minority ethnic groups, in this case the Chinese community. He has also succeeded with flying colours in promoting ill-will and hostility between different races or classes of the population of Malaysia, which is seditious by definition and in spirit.

Not only that, he has gone against the Federal Constitution, the highest law of the land, as he suggests in his statement that “Malaysian Chinese whose citizenship and riches are given to them and are invaders whose fruits of invasion are protected till this day” (see Ismaweb).

By simply asserting that Malaysian Chinese are invaders in itself is not only historically farcical and ludicrous, but downright unconstitutional.

There are few guarantees provided by our constitution. Equally, our citizenship accorded by Article 14.1(B) is not given to us by anyone nor can it be taken away barring very limited circumstances provided by the constitution. It is an inalienable right.

It reads: "Only if a Malaysian has successfully acquired citizenship of another nation and/or have enjoyed a right exclusive to the citizens of another nation, that one’s citizenship stands a chance of being revoked. Apart from those two circumstances, one’s right to citizenship is absolutely guaranteed."

I repeat; It’s not a privilege to be taken or given, It’s a right.

All matters under Part III of the Federal Constitution, i.e., citizenship rights, is one of the very few topics that are out of bounds even for parliamentarians with their immunity to question.

Isma and its heinous president has stepped well over the line in challenging this incontrovertible right of Malaysians born on or after Malaysia Day in Malaysia.

Abdullah Zaik’s assertion, both in this statement and his many previous outbursts, just goes to show that he is a witless racist who is hell bent on realising his self-serving ethnic and religious cleansing agenda. The constitutional reality is, his is but a sick and twisted pipedream that is “ultra vires”.

Even someone as atrocious and ghastly as he is, cannot be questioned of his citizenship, the same way as mine, the citizenship of an anti-Barisan Nasional, anti-racial-supremacy, Malaysian first, half-Hokkien-half-Hakka second, elected representative in His Royal Majesty’s loyal opposition, cannot be questioned. Not even by His Majesty himself!

Let those ignorant of the law be dealt with by the law.

What he said, and what I believe he will continue to say, is also his inalienable right. We will not be hypocritical in stifling him of his freedom of expression.

However, when an individual is using lies, and hateful slanders to sow seeds for his not-so-hidden agenda of ethnic and religious cleansing, he or she must be subject to the law.

It is not for me to decide what he has said is indeed what I claim it is, it is the duty of the courts to decide. But I will go the full length in making sure every person I know and speak to, share my views, that there is no place anywhere on earth for an organisation like Isma, and that Abdullah Zaik is a traitor to the nation by virtue of his violation of the Federal Constitution.

Lastly, I need not back this up with anything, as I have my freedom of expression. Abdullah Zaik is indeed an evil man with evil intents, who brings shame to Islam, a faith I respect; and brings disrepute to the Malays, an ethnic group I find truly amazing.

Yes. I am making a police report.

* Howard Lee reads The Malaysian Insider.