PAS, Bersatu youths to protest against Nga, Yeoh this Friday
The youth wings of PAS and Bersatu announced they would hold a joint rally on Friday (Jan 3) in Kuala Lumpur.
This is over a sense of feeling “threatened”, with intentions to highlight statements related to DAP leaders Nga Kor Ming and Hannah Yeoh, said PAS Youth deputy chief Mohd Hafez Sabri.
He claimed that over 1,000 participants will gather at the Sultan...
Summary
PAS and Bersatu Youth will hold a rally on Friday (Jan 3) in Kuala Lumpur.
PAS Youth deputy chief Mohd Hafez Sabri says the rally is over a sense of feeling “threatened”.
Hafez says the rally will highlight statements related to DAP leaders Nga Kor Ming and Hannah Yeoh.
The youth wings of PAS and Bersatu announced they would hold a joint rally on Friday (Jan 3) in Kuala Lumpur.
This is over a sense of feeling “threatened”, with intentions to highlight statements related to DAP leaders Nga Kor Ming and Hannah Yeoh, said PAS Youth deputy chief Mohd Hafez Sabri.
He claimed that over 1,000 participants will gather at the Sultan Abdul Samad Jamek Mosque in Kampung Baru at an unspecified time.
He went on to condemn Nga for carrying out Christmas celebrations in government offices.
Hafez also said that Yeoh’s book “Becoming Hannah” contains elements of Christian proselytisation, which should therefore be taken seriously and even opposed.
“We as citizens and Muslims, feel threatened by Yeoh’s admission to violating Malaysia's sovereignty as an Islamic country and Islam as the federal religion.
“We (PAS and Bersatu Youth) are requesting a thorough investigation by police, and want the Home Ministry to ban the book.
“We are asking the prime minister to sack Yeoh. She is not suitable to lead the Youth and Sports Ministry,” he said in a press conference.
An issue for Muslims
At the same time, the youth wings have invited other political parties - including Umno and Pakatan Harapan - to join the rally.
“This is not a political party issue, this is not a political issue, (but) this is an issue for Muslims and everyone has the right to speak out and provide opinions and objections,” Hafez said.
He added that local police have been informed of the event.
PAS recently targeted Nga and Yeoh over remarks that the party claimed posed a threat to Islam, with one party leader taking issue with a Christmas carol performance at the Housing and Local Government Ministry in Putrajaya.
A Dec 24 video on Nga’s Facebook account showed ministry staff singing the song “Jingle Bells” – a song about the joy of riding a sleigh in the snow – and the song “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.”
Nga defended the event as a reflection of mutual respect and harmony among ministry staff while advising PAS leaders to repent and stop sharing slander, or disrupting the harmony of a multiracial society.
As for Yeoh, at least seven police reports have been lodged over her book as of last Saturday (Dec 28).
This is due to translated excerpts from her autobiography, in which she speaks about how her Christian faith became an issue again on social media.
Critics had zoomed in on her remarks that she was acting as an “ambassador of God” as proof that she was evangelising.
Previously, the Kuala Lumpur High Court dismissed Yeoh’s defamation suit against former inspector-general of police Musa Hassan for alleging that she was trying to turn Malaysia into a Christian nation, among others.
Yeoh said she would be lodging a police report over the matter and file an appeal in her defamation suit against Musa.
