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Utusan accuses Guan Eng of race baiting
The Umno-owned daily asked if DAP refused to learn from the bloody racial clashes on May 13, 1969, and was bent on destroying peace and harmony in the country by making “immature and biased” statements.
The paper was referring to Lim’s Easter message recently when the Penang chief minister had called on the people to reject “Hitlerian” ideas.
Claiming that Lim was accusing the government of practising the Nazi doctrine in its administration, Utusan Malaysia demanded that the chief minister retract his statement and issue a public apology immediately.
“We urge Guan Eng to retract his [Easter] speech text and issue an open apology to all peace-loving Malaysians.
“As a leader, he should be responsible for his all his words and actions,” the paper said.
It also called on the home ministry to take lawful action against those attempting to “sow the seeds of racial hatred”, stressing that such irresponsible statements should not be brushed aside.
The entire content of Lim’s Easter message, said the daily, should be carefully studied.
“There were many baseless accusations made against those in power, particularly the Home Ministry, and the Malay-language bibles issue was one of it.
“We should not allow religion to be misused for political gains. Do something so that racial and religious harmony will not be destroyed by leaders like these,” it said.
In his Easter message, Lim had said, “We should move away from the mindtrap of fear based on hate, racism, extremism. We should not be taught to fear diversity. We should not be brainwashed with Hitlerian ideas that one is superior to another merely because of the colour of our skin.”
His statement had immediately caused a stir among his political opponents and Lim was accused of claiming that the Barisan Nasional government practised racial supremacy the way Nazi Germany did under Adolf Hitler in the 1940s.
Lim defended his remark yesterday after Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin stepped into the fray, and told The Malaysian Insider that his “Hitler” reference had been aimed at Utusan Malaysia.
Utusan Malaysia has also been under attack recently for suggesting the “1 Melayu, 1 Bumiputera” movement and accused of attempting to incite racial hatred in the country.
The paper had suggested the movement after piling criticism on DAP for using race rhetoric to win in the recent Sarawak state election. DAP, said Utusan Malaysia, was trying to destroy Malay unity.
“It is clear that the secretary-general of that chauvinist Chinese party, Lim Guan Eng, has finished his political model and is now trying to compare our present government to Hitler’s iron-fist regime.
“But he has gone overboard, it is dangerous to make such accusations which are not only baseless but can also create discomfort among the communities,” said the paper.
It reminded Lim that if his accusation were true, the non-Malays in the country would not be enjoying the economic freedom that they do today.
DAP, it added, would not have had the opportunity to rule in Penang and Lim himself would not have filled the chief minister’s seat.
“Making statements like that is easy because it is not based on facts. This was a statement that was completely irresponsible and biased, made by a leader who for the longest time, has enjoyed political freedom in this country,” the daily said.
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