DAP's Gelang Patah MP Lim Kit Siang wants IGP Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to respond to the plea from Professor Dr Mohamad Tajuddin Rasdi, father to BFM journalist Aisyah, on the state of safety and security in the country. – The Malaysian Insider pic, March 21, 2015.DAP today asked if Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar has selective attention in his tweets, by keeping quiet about the death and rape threats made against BFM journalist Aisyah Tajuddin.
Party veteran leader Lim Kit Siang questioned why the "Twitter trigger-happy" top cop did not "swing" into action to reprimand the culprits like he did on Pakatan Rakyat leaders.
"Khalid could swing into twitter action against Pakatan Rakyat leaders and NGO activists within seconds, but why has he been silent for over 24 hours about the death and rape threats against Aisyah?
"Is the IGP suffering from selective attention in the way the police authorities suffer from the sin of selective investigation and harassment of PR leaders and NGO activists, and the Attorney-General suffers from the disease of selective prosecutions?
"In view of Khalid’s fame for his Twitter-quick monitoring of events concerning PR leaders and NGO activists, Malaysians have a right to know what the IGP has done with regards to the death and rape threats posted on social media against Aisyah," he said in a statement today.
Death and rape threats were made against Aisyah following a video clip featuring her raising questions about the recently passed amendments made to the Shariah Criminal Code II Enactment by the Kelantan PAS government.
In the BFM Projek Dialog BFMKupas video clip, Aisyah said religion was being used to divert the people’s attention from more important issues, such as the economy and administration. She also questioned the condition of flood victims in Kelantan, as well as the rising number of divorce cases, drug use, and consumption of pornography in the state.
Lim, who is Gelang Patah MP, said surely Khalid was not going to plea ignorance about the spate of death and rape threats against Aisyah, which had appeared on social media in the last 36 hours.
He said Khalid should explain what he had done about it in keeping with his self-professed high standards of police professionalism and efficiency.
He cited that Aisyah's father had also posed the question whether Malaysia was still safe for our children to live in after the threats were made against his daughter.
Professor Dr Mohamad Tajuddin Mohamad Rasdi (pic) in an opinion piece yesterday wrote: "Is this country safe for our children to live in? If a simple point of view is raised against such issues as hudud, democracy and clean elections can produce outburst of murder, rape and burning people alive, what does it say about our country, its citizens and our leadership? Where did this culture come from?”
Lim said the most appropriate person to answer Tajuddin’s question was Khalid.
He said Malaysia needed an IGP whose top priority was keeping Malaysians safe from criminals and Islamic State supporters, and not to continue in his unprofessional war against Pakatan Rakyat leaders and NGO activists.
He called on Khalid to be careful not to arrogate to himself the powers of judge, jury and prosecutor all into one.
"This is because when the IGP uses his tweet to instruct the police to investigate a person, he is arrogating to himself the three roles.
"The IGP could be completely misguided in his tweets like his reaction to whether Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua's tweet “Royal my foot” was an attack on Malay Rulers.
"Any preliminary police investigation could only conclude that Pua was not attacking or even criticising the Malay Rulers in his tweet," he said.
Last week, Pua posted the tweet: "Bastards. Real bastards. Royal my foot" in response to Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar's arrest over her involvement in a #KitaLawan rally and a speech she made in Parliament.
Khalid in a tweet confirmed that police would call Pua up to explain the tweet and determine if he was trying to insult the Malay Rulers.
Lim said the other person who should answer Tajuddin's question was Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
"But how many Malaysians expect Datuk Seri Najib Razak to break his policy of silence to assure Malaysians that the nation has not degenerated into a stage where the country is no more safe to bring up our children?
"When Malaysia is no more safe to bring up our children, then it is no more safe for investors to invest their monies – and Malaysia will well be on its way sliding down the slippery slope to a 'failed state'."
Yesterday, Bernama reported that Khalid defended his use of Twitter, saying: "My aim in issuing the directive through Twitter is for fast action against seditions and untruths.
"I think this method is effective to prevent society from being influenced by untruths which should be immediately stopped," he said.
He also said despite numerous police warnings against using the right of free speech to legitimise seditious statements, some still persisted on committing it.
"I have warned many times especially political leaders and non-government organisations to be careful when expressing opinions and views, specifically on social media, because it can result in a situation which threatens public security," he reportedly said.
- TMI
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