Archive for October, 2023

Malaysia needs a reset and return to the original nation-building principles of the nation’s founding fathers, as exemplified by the first three Prime Ministers of Malaysia

I thank everyone for attending this launch and in particular the writer, Kee Thuan Chye, for this two-volume biography.

As Kee has testified, I did not know what he was writing, and the first time I read both volumes were when they were printed. I do not agree with all that he has written, in particular his speculations, but I would recommend both volumes as an insight of my 57 years of political struggle.

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Challenge to Hadi to go through the two volumes of Kee Thuan Chye’s biography on me and substantiate his wild and preposterous allegations that I am anti-Malay, anti-Islam, anti-Royalty, communist and spreading Islamophobia or retract the allegations

I thank everyone for attending this launch and in particular the writer, Kee Thuan Chye, for this two-volume biography.

As Kee can testify, I did not know what he was writing, and the first time I read both volumes were when they were printed. I do not agree with all that he has written, in particular his speculations, but I would recommend both volumes as an insight of my 57 years of political struggle.

I will also commend these two volumes to the PAS President, Hadi Awang, for him to substantiate his wild and preposterous allegations that I am anti-Malay, anti-Islam, anti-Royalty, communist and spreading Islamophobia or retract the allegations. Read the rest of this entry »

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Before I can consider Samsuri’s offer, Hadi should either substantiate or withdraw his various wild and preposterous allegations against me — that I am anti-Malay, anti-Islam, anti-Royalty, promote Islamophobia, and a communist

I thank the Terengganu Menteri Besar Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar for stating that the four state governments led by Perikatan Nasional, known as “SG4”, are open to receiving viewpoints from anyone, including from me.

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Is a secular state anti-Malay, anti-Islam, anti-Royalty, or anti-religion?

DAP MP for Kepong Lim Lip Eng has provoked a new round of debate, dissection, and analysis whether Malaysia is a secular state or an Islamic state.

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I personally welcome Anwar’s preparedness to accept PAS as part of unity government subject to policy conditions

I had not wanted to say anything on the Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim’s Time magazine interview that he does not rule out PAS joining the unity government if policy conditions accepted, but a letter writer in Malaysiakini said this was not a new proposal as I had made it in May, remarking that I had “fallen into the realms of hypocrisy and desperation, sacrificing principles for surface-level stability”.

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