The Malaysian Insider
Jun 13, 2011
JUNE 13 — Here’s a riddle. Why is the Home Ministry warning Bersih 2.0 from organising its July 9 rally but not taking action against Datuk Ibrahim Ali for threatening a “jihad” against Christians if they usurp Islam with a Christian state?
Right, because nothing violent happened after the Perkasa chief made his threat.
But will anything violent happen next month when the election watchdog marches for electoral reforms?
If one takes the example of the first Bersih rally, pandemonium only broke out when riot police took action and protesters went helter-skelter.
And not before that. So why this talk of national security or a threat to tourism?
Really, why the double standards?
It would appear Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein is not an honest broker or interested in justice.
“Action will only be taken if investigations find that the said act really contravened the country’s laws,” he said in a written reply to Lim Lip Eng (Segambut-DAP) in the Dewan Rakyat today.
Lim had asked the Home Ministry to state whether it was a punishable offence for a person to declare “jihad” in the name of race and religion.
“I would advise that all parties be careful in making an accusation when its validity has yet to be verified,” said Hishammuddin.
In effect, the minister’s indifference to what the Pasir Mas MP said is as bad as supporting what the cow head protestors did in Shah Alam nearly two years ago.
There is apparently no more pretence by this Umno vice-president as to what he feels about what is right or wrong.
Till today, the police have not charged the “Datuk T” trio for the public screening of a sex video, nor has action been taken against the bloggers or Utusan Malaysia over the unsubstantiated reports of a plot for a Christian state.
We can now add Ibrahim Ali to that list.
So, why should any non-Umno person vote or support him or his party? Not until he is fair to all Malaysians.