DAP: Probe Ibrahim Ali over ‘king of racists’ comment

Ipoh Barat MP M Kula Segaran says such statements should be nipped in the bud as Malaysia is a multiracial society.

Kula says Ibrahim’s statement is mind boggling and can be seen as going against racial harmony in the country.

PETALING JAYA: A DAP lawmaker has called for the police to summon Perkasa’s Ibrahim Ali and take his statement over his admission that he is a “king of Malaysian racists” (“Raja Rasis Malaysia”).

M Kulasegaran, who is Ipoh Barat MP, said Ibrahim’s statement was “mind-boggling” and could be seen as going against racial harmony in the country.

“The Attorney-General’s Chambers and the police must call him in and take a statement over what he meant by his comment. This must be nipped in the bud,” he told FMT.

The Perkasa president was reported as saying that Perkasa’s stand is based on the Federal Constitution where it is enshrined that Malays have special rights.

“I want to inform all you ladies and gentlemen that I am very proud and wish to acknowledge myself as the ‘King of Malaysian racists’.

“Any issue with that?” he said when opening the Federal Territory Malay Congress at the Sultan Sulaiman Club in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.

Kula added that such statements were a disgrace to politicians.

“A person can argue intellectually and agree to disagree. But to acknowledge that you are a racist makes him unfit to be in a political position,” he said referring to Ibrahim having been Pasir Mas MP from 2008 to 2013, and having contested the seat as a Barisan Nasional candidate in 2013. He won the seat in 2008 under the PAS banner, though he was an independent candidate.

Kula, who is also a DAP vice-chairman, urged the government to allow a Race Relations Act to be passed in the Dewan Rakyat to stop such statements from being made in a multiracial society.

Politicians have been pushing for such a Race Relations Bill to be tabled for many years, he said.

It was meant to model the British law in barring discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, nationality, ethnicity and nationality in employment, provision of goods and services, education and public functions.

G25’s Noor Farida asks how Ibrahim would feel if the Chinese and Indians said such things.

Meanwhile, Noor Farida Ariffin, who is the spokesperson for G25, a group of prominent Malays who were former civil servants and diplomats, said Ibrahim should be ashamed of himself.

“Does he mean the Malay race is superior to others? How can he feel proud of acknowledging that?

“How would he feel if other races like the Chinese and the Indians say the same thing?

“He should be ashamed of himself. We live in a multiracial, multireligious and multicultural society. We should be promoting racial harmony,” she told FMT.

Noor Farida reminded Ibrahim that all Malaysians are equal before the law and this is guaranteed in Article 8 of the Federal Constitution.

She said his statement went against the constitution and was also against the Malaysian spirit.

“It is not acceptable for anyone to say they are racist, especially after Malaysia’s 60 years’ of independence.”

Noor Farida hoped everyone would teach their children that all races are equal and have a place under the law.

“We should be promoting racial harmony and unity. There is no place for anyone, especially politicians and heads of NGOs, to go around boasting they are racist.” -FMT