Growing Chinese clout may cause new May 13, says Ibrahim Ali
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1 o& S5 q! ~9 B/ n6 l* o3 g0 O公仔箱論壇 December 14, 2012
& @! ?) V: ?* j1 V  Ibrahim said the Chinese needed to be reminded how living in Malaysia is “like heaven”. — File pictvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- B! t$ |, S3 K6 Q
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 14 ― The Chinese community will become a national security threat if it grow more powerful politically and economically, Datuk Ibrahim Ali has said, even warning that this could result in another bloody racial clash like the May 13 tragedy.The Perkasa chief said in a Sinar Harian interview today that the Chinese have been playing up political sentiments of late and accused the country’s second-largest ethnic group of having forgotten how living in Malaysia is “like heaven”.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。) y4 p$ w/ e4 _ r1 [" R3 k: x
“What if there is chaos? Like during the May 13 incident, they could not proceed with their trade.
, Y5 v! Z. L0 A: ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“We, too, do not want that to happen,” the outspoken Pasir Mas federal lawmaker was quoted as saying in the article.2 l& b( ]) {$ t4 K: z' P
“Today, the Chinese are okay...but it’s not enough... they want more. Now, they control 40 per cent of the country’s economy, and now, they want political power as well,” Ibrahim continued.
/ W! f. f+ t1 M0 G" ~+ X6 b“But what will happen in 25 years from now? Today is okay, but tomorrow, when their power spreads, then it will threaten national security and the May 13 incident will return,” he warned.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。+ v/ |% F8 n$ b) C; a
Ibrahim, or “Tok Him” as he is often called, has positioned himself as the firebrand for the Malay agenda and the face of Perkasa, the Malay right-wing group he founded just after the 12th general election in 2008.os.tvboxnow.com& _& R& y. ~# ] N
But his fiery rhetoric and often racially-charged remarks have regularly put him on a collision course with non-Muslim politicians across the political divide, despite claims from the opposition that he has the backing of the ruling Umno.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。- G: q! @+ h- r4 A
Despite this, Ibrahim insisted in the Sinar Harian interview that none of what he has done or said in the past should qualify him for the “racist” label, even boasting that not a single police report has been lodged against him for being “racist” throughout his tenure at the head of the four-year-old Perkasa.
3 B" l! B; L% e( m3 `' W. rHe added that he has never, in Perkasa’s history, issued statements asking the government to stop helping the Indian or Chinese communities.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' W1 E. o {: S$ f* N5 v6 L r, S
Ibrahim explained that Perkasa’s founding struggle is to defend and uphold the “social contract” as guaranteed in the Federal Constitution, including the special privileges of the Bumiputeras, Islam as the religion of the federation, the position for the Malay Rulers and Bahasa Malaysia as the official language of the country.公仔箱論壇2 M) H4 F. G3 c8 a6 ]% w
He added that this also includes the rights of an individual to citizenship and said the group would oppose to those who dared to question this provision.os.tvboxnow.com/ [( T4 r/ \8 }% G& j
“Like now, many Indians are squabbling over their rights to become citizens... we are not opposed to it... if we were truly racists, we would have objected.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。7 }' l8 ]5 P1 I9 v0 N
“The only thing is that we merely want to remind the government to do the right thing... only permit those who qualify for such a right to be awarded citizenships,” he told the Malay language daily.
8 @- [: |+ Z+ E( x5 d1 ?TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。“Where does it say here that Perkasa or I are racists?” he asked.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。% d( I# A9 ] Z9 g& A
The Independent lawmaker, whose political career has seen him through terms in Umno and PAS both, said he was proud of Perkasa’s achievements and struggle over the past years.% F' Y. q4 y( b
“We are not racists or Islamic extremists, if we speak of Islamic extremists, PAS is more extremist than Perkasa.”tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 R4 ]! {% ?# b& O7 F
To further prove his point, Ibrahim pointed out that Perkasa has never sought the closure of businesses deemed as “haram” in Islam, such as trades involving the sale of alcohol, lottery or gambling, entertainment outlets like karaokes, massage parlours or spas.公仔箱論壇 o4 Q% C# {+ `# D8 w: i4 m
“All these businesses are owned by the non-Bumiputeras, especially the Chinese; has Perkasa objected or asked to shut them down?” he asked.公仔箱論壇. y) V; W/ a y; T4 J
Perkasa started out as a one-man movement in the aftermath of Election 2008 but has since grown into a vocal pressure group on matters related to the Malay community and what the group describes as “Malay special rights”.
9 T; Y3 g$ M/ j' |/ r7 j5 X4 n" ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe group has been a strident defender of the Bumiputera affirmative action policies and even declared that the Chinese people will use the next general election as an opportunity to take over the country.
, X! @7 G6 ]. S! mIt is a non-governmental organisation but counts many Umno members in its ranks. Today, the NGO’s membership numbers some 300,000 nationwide. |
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