Wednesday, March 9, 2011

local: Pakatan leaders maligned in Umno document

PKR lodges police report against Taman Rasa Sayang Umno branch in Senawang for seditious statements and pictures fanning racial tensions

SEREMBAN: The Taman Rasa Sayang Umno branch in Senawang under the Rembau division earned the ire of Pakatan Rakyat for instigating tensions between the Malays and Chinese.

Rembau PKR secretary, Norazizi Abdul Aziz, said an eight-page document appended to the minutes of the Umno’s division annual meeting contains seditious statements and pictures maligning Pakatan leaders.

“The contents of the document, dated March 5, is seditious and designed to instigate racial tensions among the Malays and the Chinese in Pakatan,” said Norazizi after lodging a police report at the district police headquarters here.

Titled “Pendedahan Untuk Kesedaran” it has a picture of DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang under a sub-heading heading which reads: “DAP Anti Islam” and the words “Ketuanan Rakyat” (proposed by Pakatan Rakyat) was changed to “Ketuanan Cina”.

Another picture shows Kit Siang delivering a speech and the caption reads: “Kita hapuskan hak Melayu, kita tolak Islam! Mari bersama kami, PAS, PKR dan DAP”

PKR’s de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim is portrayed as a No 1 liar and branded as a traitor of the Malays, Muslims and the nation.

Disrespecting the King

Kelantan Menteri Besar and PAS spiritual leader Nik Aziz was not spared either.

A caricature depicts Taiping MP and former Perak exco member Nga Kor Ming as an imam leading a prayer session with Nik Aziz and Anwar behind Kor Ming.

The prayer rug used by Muslims called “sejadah” has the DAP logo on it. Nik Aziz and Anwar are caricatured on prayer rugs with their respective party logos.

Rembau PAS chief, Mohd Taufek Abdul Ghani, slammed Umno for showing disrespect to King’s speech at the opening of the new parliament session Monday, where he said narrow racial sentiments must be nipped in the bud before they festered in the community.

Mohd Taufek urged Umno not to resort to cheap and dangerous tactics to divide the races.

The Umno meeting was officiated by Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar who is also the Rembau Umno chief.