Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s warning against the threat of ‘humanrightism’ to Islam is but the latest “bogeyman” created by government to tighten its hold over the Malays and to mask its own human rights violations, said Bukit Bendera MP Zairil Khir Johari.
The government, he said, should in fact have nothing to fear from the human rights movement if it had nothing to hide.
"As the Malay adage goes, siapa makan cili, dia yang terasa pedas (whoever eats the chilli, will feel the spice).
"In other words, only repressive regimes have reason to fear human rights because they violate them," Zairil said in a statement.
According to him, Najib’s “irrational attack” is an admission that the BN government has been suppressing ordinary Malaysians’ right to freedom of speech and assembly as well as to free and fair elections, through the use of oppressive laws and policies.
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The government, he said, should in fact have nothing to fear from the human rights movement if it had nothing to hide.
"As the Malay adage goes, siapa makan cili, dia yang terasa pedas (whoever eats the chilli, will feel the spice).
"In other words, only repressive regimes have reason to fear human rights because they violate them," Zairil said in a statement.
According to him, Najib’s “irrational attack” is an admission that the BN government has been suppressing ordinary Malaysians’ right to freedom of speech and assembly as well as to free and fair elections, through the use of oppressive laws and policies.
[More to follow]
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