State rep wants Ridhuan barred from Sarawak
Joseph TawiePublished: Dec 25, 2014 8:57 AM | Updated: Dec 25, 2014 9:00 AM
Sarawak PKR wants controversial lecturer and newspaper columnist Mohd Ridhuan Tee Abdullah who is scheduled to give a public talk in Sematan, Lundu tomorrow night be barred from entering the state.
Sarawak PKR wants controversial lecturer and newspaper columnist Mohd Ridhuan Tee Abdullah who is scheduled to give a public talk in Sematan, Lundu tomorrow night be barred from entering the state.
"I have just sent an 'SMS' to Sarawak state commissioner of police Mohamad Sabtu, state immigration director Robert Lian and the chief political secretary to the chief minister, Abdullah Saidol, to register my concern and to notify them of the scheduled public talk by Mohd Ridhuan Tee Abdullah at the Masjid Daerah Kecil Sematan tomorrow night," said Sarawak PKR vice-chairperson See Chee How in a statement.
Ridhuan has made numerous controversial statements against religious and racial minorities in the country and was one who readily drove wedges between Malaysians, he said.
See (left), who is the Batu Lintang state assemblyperson, said Ridhuan was investigated by the Defence Ministry for allegedly teaching 'ethnic cleansing'.
Ridhuan had also questioned the building of the Calvary Convention Centre in Bukit Jalil near the national capital, saying that Christians did not deserve such a huge place of worship given that they only made up 10 percent of the country's population.
See said that Ridhuan also used his newspaper columns to attack the vernacular schools and the non-Malay communities, warning that five million immigrants were ready to come to Malaysia and take their places.
Ridhuan even cited MH370 and MH17 tragedies as ‘lessons' that MAS should make air hostesses dress according to Muslim norms and ban alcohol on board their planes, and that Malaysian authorities should follow Brunei's lead in ignoring local sentiments or concerns about human rights.
CM’s own home turf
See said that the organisers of the programme 'Jom Bersantai Sematan 2014-2015' was most unwise and insensitive to invite such a controversial personality to Sarawak and to include his ceramah as part of the official function to be held in Sematan, about 60km west of Kuching.
"The organisers should know that Sematan is in the state constituency of Tanjung Datu with the Sarawak Chief Minister Adenan Satem presently their elected representative.
"This is definitely sending out a wrong signal to all Sarawakians as the chief minister has been openly repeating himself that this state will not welcome racists and religious bigots and extremists," said See.
He said that while the state authorities, particularly the State Security Office and the Immigration Department, had banned the entry of elected parliamentarians from entering Sarawak apparently for political purposes, the real racists and religious bigots and extremists continued to evade and dodge the dragnet and were able to carry out their questionable activities in the state.
"I am therefore obliged to alert the relevant authorities of the possible entry of this controversial personality and hope that appropriate actions will be taken to ensure that the peaceful and harmonious living of our multiracial society will not be risked," he added.
"I have just sent an 'SMS' to Sarawak state commissioner of police Mohamad Sabtu, state immigration director Robert Lian and the chief political secretary to the chief minister, Abdullah Saidol, to register my concern and to notify them of the scheduled public talk by Mohd Ridhuan Tee Abdullah at the Masjid Daerah Kecil Sematan tomorrow night," said Sarawak PKR vice-chairperson See Chee How in a statement.
Ridhuan has made numerous controversial statements against religious and racial minorities in the country and was one who readily drove wedges between Malaysians, he said.
See (left), who is the Batu Lintang state assemblyperson, said Ridhuan was investigated by the Defence Ministry for allegedly teaching 'ethnic cleansing'.Ridhuan had also questioned the building of the Calvary Convention Centre in Bukit Jalil near the national capital, saying that Christians did not deserve such a huge place of worship given that they only made up 10 percent of the country's population.
See said that Ridhuan also used his newspaper columns to attack the vernacular schools and the non-Malay communities, warning that five million immigrants were ready to come to Malaysia and take their places.
Ridhuan even cited MH370 and MH17 tragedies as ‘lessons' that MAS should make air hostesses dress according to Muslim norms and ban alcohol on board their planes, and that Malaysian authorities should follow Brunei's lead in ignoring local sentiments or concerns about human rights.
CM’s own home turf
See said that the organisers of the programme 'Jom Bersantai Sematan 2014-2015' was most unwise and insensitive to invite such a controversial personality to Sarawak and to include his ceramah as part of the official function to be held in Sematan, about 60km west of Kuching.
"The organisers should know that Sematan is in the state constituency of Tanjung Datu with the Sarawak Chief Minister Adenan Satem presently their elected representative.
"This is definitely sending out a wrong signal to all Sarawakians as the chief minister has been openly repeating himself that this state will not welcome racists and religious bigots and extremists," said See.
He said that while the state authorities, particularly the State Security Office and the Immigration Department, had banned the entry of elected parliamentarians from entering Sarawak apparently for political purposes, the real racists and religious bigots and extremists continued to evade and dodge the dragnet and were able to carry out their questionable activities in the state.
"I am therefore obliged to alert the relevant authorities of the possible entry of this controversial personality and hope that appropriate actions will be taken to ensure that the peaceful and harmonious living of our multiracial society will not be risked," he added.
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