A DAP MP has lodged a police report against Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi for defaming the party and provoking a breach of public peace.
Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng (pic) lodged the report at the Sentul police station last night, after Zahid backtracked on remarks he made about non-Malays at a recent Segambut Umno division meeting, saying that they were meant for DAP.
Lim’s police report said Zahid should be investigated under Section 499 of the Penal Code for defaming DAP, and under Section 504 of the same code for “intentional insult with intent to provoke a breach of the peace”.
Zahid’s remarks were first reported by The Sun Daily on September 1. He said that non-Muslims had become “increasingly arrogant” and insulting of the Bumiputras, the royalty and Islam.
He had also said: “We allowed them to be indebted to us without needing them to pay it back. They are now insulting Islam and the Malays under the pretence of democracy, freedom of speech and globalisation”.
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Zahid was immediately censured by many, including Barisan Nasional colleagues, for fuelling racial discord. Gerakan Youth deputy chief Andy Yong even called for the home minister to be charged with sedition.
The Umno vice-president backtracked yesterday, saying that his remarks were about DAP leaders and supporters whom he said “lacked respect for the feelings of the Malays”. –TMI
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