Thulsi joins the list of DAP’s ‘wakil rakyat’ to bear the brunt of ‘anti-kuil haram’ fallout

 

AFTER Jelutong MP RSN Rayer and his Bukit Mertajam comrade Steven Sim Chee Keong, Buntong state assemblywoman Thulsi Manogaran is seemingly the latest DAP wakil rakyat to be placed under the hatred radar of the rightist fraternity for standing up against the so-called illegal temple vigilantes.

Her ‘crime’? For simply demanding an answer from the PDRM (Royal Malaysian Police) and the Home Ministry if there were “a massive security lapse” which led to “high-profile suspects involved in inciting racial hatred and desecrating religious symbols easily slipping across the border to Thailand?”

This was in reaction to Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Datuk Seri Khalid Ismail then statement that joint founders of the Gerakan Anti Rumah Anutan Haram (GARAH) Zamri Vinoth and Tamrin Dahri Abdul Razak had fled to Thailand.

The Perak DAP assistant secretary eventually found herself snubbed by Muslim convert preacher Firdaus Wong Wai Hung over her choice of diction – “high profile suspect” and “massive security lapses”.

“They killed people? They torched people’s cars? They stole people’s land? They broke into people’s houses with parang?” jibed founder of NGO Multiracial Revert Muslims.

“Has she read the extradition agreement between Malaysia and Thailand? Has she not read the latest statement from PDRM stating that they (Zamri and Tamrin) left the country legally?

“Is this the legal understanding level of the Buntong state assemblywoman from DAP? Wonder what are the lapses of people who voted for you? ”

Apparently, Firdaus’ mocking is said to put a dent on the image of the 38-year-old lawyer by training who is also the eldest child of Manogaran Marimuthu who is the DAP Pahang deputy chairman and former Teluk Intan MP.

Understandably, this has prompted a rightist to train his gun on Thulsi with a racist slur calling on “Malays to remember not to give even one vote to this race”.

Others told her to stop “play-acting” or even described her goodwill visit to the Kampung Baru Buntong police station with some buka puasa (iftar) food for the cops on duty as “merely a charade to win Malay votes as she can’t longer rely on her own race (for support)”.

This was when one fellow rightist lamented how Chinese and Indian politicians are both dependent and “are nothing without Malay votes so much so it’s so unfortunate for Malays to support both races who are getting big-headed by the day”.

“There’s no way they can realise their target to be in power by depending on their own races,” trolled an opposition-slant commenter.

Another looked abroad to drive home the point of Indians cannot be trusted by claiming that “Europe and New Zealand dislike Indians”.

In essence, the entire rightist narrative pointed to one obvious trend that these people are knowingly or unknowingly being manipulated by opposition elements which are in fact gearing up for the upcoming Melaka and Johor state elections or even the 16th General Election (GE16) later.

Their aim is most likely to confuse fence-sitter Malays to stay away from the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition by fanning racial/religious sentiments that can provoke the anger of Muslim Malays.

This explains why DAP becomes an easy target given its composition of non-Malay MPs and state assemblywomen. Even then, the minority Malay leaders in DAP are not spared by being accused of being sycophants to the “racist party which controls PH”. – Focus Malaysia