Growing Chinese clout may cause new May 13, says Ibrahim Ali# a" `" g4 c, P+ H$ `# c
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December 14, 2012 + z: E) ~4 `2 Y4 ]( x3 BIbrahim said the Chinese needed to be reminded how living in Malaysia is “like heaven”. — File pic, X/ S! F" a; G6 K) |: |7 M, `2 R
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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”. , ]+ L$ J5 a; @) v" N1 P& y“What if there is chaos? Like during the May 13 incident, they could not proceed with their trade.www3.tvboxnow.com2 O$ {* l+ ~3 ^9 C- m' ?
“We, too, do not want that to happen,” the outspoken Pasir Mas federal lawmaker was quoted as saying in the article. 7 _/ n4 m' q4 K+ ?0 a7 F0 O公仔箱論壇“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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( F" E7 |6 Q) m' R
“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.( }# S6 X. \. g) ` z
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ R) g+ C3 t j+ m
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. . o* D* m- j) z+ C, jwww3.tvboxnow.comDespite 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.www3.tvboxnow.com( X2 B1 ?0 u G' J
He added that he has never, in Perkasa’s history, issued statements asking the government to stop helping the Indian or Chinese communities. / A9 g5 `' D8 r: ?公仔箱論壇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. 7 T$ @- ~ T" F* L2 H+ MHe 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.公仔箱論壇0 I) n f' w; m& ^0 w1 G
“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.www3.tvboxnow.com* S$ v1 W; |8 ^ C. W8 U
“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.www3.tvboxnow.com7 {& Q& z; G$ b$ s9 q0 N
“Where does it say here that Perkasa or I are racists?” he asked. # X+ W( M! A, k/ YTVBNOW 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。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. ( O% E U% L; g9 ~) t- l; r1 M公仔箱論壇“We are not racists or Islamic extremists, if we speak of Islamic extremists, PAS is more extremist than Perkasa.” 5 O5 Y; J \5 h- Mwww3.tvboxnow.comTo 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.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 F7 `4 z% I$ Q- A$ u1 i" E
“All these businesses are owned by the non-Bumiputeras, especially the Chinese; has Perkasa objected or asked to shut them down?” he asked.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 g$ {3 ]4 j+ A
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”.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 c5 W! l; s0 y- r5 b+ K3 M" }
The 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.( K( B& a7 f9 Z# H7 |# l4 D$ R$ Z
It is a non-governmental organisation but counts many Umno members in its ranks. Today, the NGO’s membership numbers some 300,000 nationwide.作者: 开心133 時間: 2012-12-16 03:30 PM 標題: 土权声称华裔掌权将重演513 社青团与民政党严谴依布拉欣
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土著权威组织主席依布拉欣日前在《阳光日报》的专访中，声称华裔掌握政治权力后将侵害国家安全，进而重演513事件。结果这番言论招致各方抨击，社青团将会报警，而民政党则炮轰制造不安，破坏种族团结与和谐。: k( w8 y+ X" c/ E( r
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新任社青团团长张聒翔今午在参与行动党大会辩论环节时表示，社青团将会报警，投报依布拉欣的种族威胁恐吓言论。 * k- }! @& V4 @2 D8 |# fwww3.tvboxnow.com 1 U4 a0 ^1 r8 T. {- }) E j另外，民政党副主席马袖强也发表文告，严厉谴责依布拉欣再次发表种族威胁恐吓言论。作者: 开心133 時間: 2012-12-16 03:31 PM
/ S' q0 N1 f( M0 Gwww3.tvboxnow.com土著权威组织今日表态，将在来届大选中支持国阵，包括马华公会与印度国大党的候选人，以协助国阵重夺国会三分二多数议席优势。 6 c' h u- O* q8 I ( W+ D; q; b; Y+ x9 b l$ Jwww3.tvboxnow.com土权主席依布拉欣阿里今午在蒂蒂旺沙公园举行的土权代表大会上，领导近5000名代表发誓，并朗读一篇支持国阵的声明。 8 A# ] P' p3 m) e * v* V* O ?' g! `3 c0 B5 n4 ]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。“我们发誓，为了宗教、种族与国家，我们不会分裂，投降或成为叛徒，以协助国阵赢得三分二多数优势的胜利。”
Ibrahim said the Chinese needed to be reminded how living in Malaysia is “like heaven”. — File pic, X/ S! F" a; G6 K) |: |7 M, `2 R
