Federal Territories PKR Youth has lodged a police report against Federal Territories PAS commissioner Azhar Yahya over his statement about local elections.
Its chief Mohammad Azfar Aza Azhar said Azhar’s statement was racist as he claimed local elections would cause racial tensions, in addition to being factually wrong.
“We understand there might be those who agree and disagree about local elections, but (why) play up racial issues and use wrong facts?
“He (Azhar) said Lembah Pantai and Bandar Tun Razak are areas with non-Malay majorities.
“That’s factually wrong as Lembah Pantai has 59 percent Malay voters, 17 percent Chinese voters, and 11 percent Indian voters... in Bandar Tun Razak, Malays make up 62 percent of the voters, and the rest are non-Malays,” Azfar said.
He was speaking to reporters after lodging the police report at the Setapak police station in Kuala Lumpur.
Meanwhile, Federal Territories PKR vice-president and Wangsa Maju PKR chief Lai Chen Heng, who also lodged a report on the matter, described the statement as insensitive.
He expressed hope that the police would take the necessary action to stop such statements from recurring.
Wangsa Maju police chief Ashari Abu Samah confirmed receiving the reports and said the case had been referred to the Bukit Aman Classified Criminal Investigation Unit as it touched on the 3R (race, religion, and royalty) issues.
Azhar had posted his statement on several social media platforms earlier.
- Bernama
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