Tee labels Bar President and DAP MP “hypocrites”

Controversial preacher sermonises about liberalism, the Malay Canopy, LBGT and dress codes

KUALA LUMPUR: Controversial preacher Ridhuan Tee Abdullah spewed vitriol in the direction of Malaysian Bar President Steven Thiru and DAP’s Teresa Kok today, branding the former a witch (nenek kebayan) and accusing the latter of behaving “whiter than the whites”.

Referring to a call purportedly issued by Thiru to Sinar Harian for Tee’s weekly column to be terminated, Tee accused the Bar President of not doing his research, which he said rendered him nothing more than a “lawyer buruk” (bad lawyer).

He went on to claim that his Sinar Harian article did not say anything about dressing in loincloths to enter their places of worship. That statement, he said, came from the ultra kiasu’s own social media.

“Please investigate properly who the real racist is – me or the ultra kiasu?” (Ultra kiasu is a term which Tee commonly uses to describe the DAP).

“When we defend our rights, we are branded racist,” Tee wrote, “but the speeches of the ultra kiasu are classified as in defence of human rights. What sort of jungle thinking is this?”

Lampooning Thiru for his vision of a new Malaysia, Tee said, “Malaysia is Malaysia. What old version Malaysia are you referring to? The Taliban?”

“Is the new Malaysia a wholly liberal Malaysia, without a sense of local identity? Without cover of the Malay Canopy?” Tee queried.

Malaysia can never escape its Malay-Muslim identity, Tee said, adding that if there were efforts to liberalise Malaysia, there was bound to be those who rise up in opposition.

“This country cannot be polluted by elements which would invite the wrath of God,” Tee said, claiming that Thiru’s own house would be rocked by an earthquake.

He said instead that it was the ultra kiasu who practised racially-charged politics, including via their Malaysian Malaysia ideal.

Tee also said the LBGT issue was more dangerous than his own allegedly racist agenda, adding that LBGT was in violation of the Federal Constitution and the Rukun Negara.

Moving on to the dress code furore, Tee claimed that the ultra kiasu did not subscribe to dress code etiquette simply because they wanted to treat the government offices as their own homes.

“How can they,” he asked.

He claimed that Kok had seemingly challenged him on the dress code issue when she published a photograph of herself with members of the Iban community recently.

“She thought she was smart.”

“In the end, the photograph was self-mocking,” he declared.

“FB users criticized her,” he said, adding that the Iban community did not dress that way when they visited government offices.

“The Iban people dress decently when dealing with the government,” he wrote.

“Clearly, they are more civilised,” he said sarcastically. “Unlike a group of ultra kiasu leaders with slit eyes, straight black hair, who use the name of white people and colour their hair,” he wrote. “They then forget themselves and act ‘whiter that white’!”

“Maybe that’s why, like me, she is not allowed into Sarawak,” he surmised.

He reminded his readers that not too long ago Kok herself was not allowed to enter Parliament due to her attire.

“Why should parliamentarians, who are meant to lead by example, dress in a T-shirt?” he asked.

He said that ultra lawyers and ultra kiasu were nothing but hypocrites because they know how to dress with such dignity when receiving awards and titles from the Sultan but refuse to agree to a dress code when dealing with the government.