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UMNO’s Refusal To Act Against Perkasa and Ibrahim Ali’s Incendiary Crusade Against Christians Because Perkasa Does Not Represent All Malays Confirms UMNO’s Protection And Support For Perkasa To Incite Hatred Against Christians And Create Enmity Amongst Peace-Loving Malaysians.

UMNO’s refusal to act against Perkasa and Ibrahim Ali’s incendiary crusade against Christians by reason that Perkasa does not represent all Malays confirms UMNO’s protection and support for Perkasa to incite hatred against Christians and create enmity amongst peace-loving Malaysians. This is a weak excuse by UMNO because if action is only taken based on the strength of your representation not the nature and ill-intent of your violence, why then act against terrorists because they also do not represent all the Malays?

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Will MCA President Dato Seri Chua Soi Lek dare to ask UMNO to direct its paper Utusan Malaysia to withdraw and apologise to all Malaysians for practicing a form of apartheid by inciting racial segregation and hatred in calling for 1Melayu, 1 Bumi movement? Just Do It, Chua Soi Lek. Tell UMNO to direct Utusan Malaysia to withdraw and apologise for the 1Melayu, 1Bumi movement or MCA would withdraw from BN.

UMNO’s paper call for 1Melayu, 1Bumi movement is a grievous insult to all Malaysians because it serves to be exclusive and dominate other races to the extent of reducing these Malaysian citizens, including non-Malay bumis from East Malaysia, as 2nd or 3rd-class citizens.

DAP and PR parties have never fought any elections on the basis of Malay unity, Chinese unity, Iban unity or Kadazan unity. Instead it is BN parties that tries to divide and rule by stressing on Malay unity, Chinese unity or Indian unity and merely paying lip service to bangsa Malaysia. At every election DAP and PR parties have stressed on Malaysian unity.

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Press Statement By DAP Secretary-General And MP For Bagan Lim Guan Eng In Kuala Lumpur & Kuching On 18.4.2011

MCA President Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek should not follow Utusan Malaysia’s tactics of racialising the results of the recent Sarawak state general elections when the key issue is about change not about whether voters want Chinese representation in government. UMNO paper, Utusan Malaysia, had asked BN to ignore Chinese voters just because they supported the opposition.

I wish to reiterate that DAP’s theme and focus in this Sarawak state general elections is not SUPP but on Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Taib Mahmud; not about whether the Chinese want representation in government but whether all voters want change;. DAP won 12 out of 15 seats in Sarawak because voters want change and prefer a two-party system over one-party rule, people’s power over one-man rule, and good governance over Taib’s misrule.

BN has suffered not only a loss of 16 seats but more importantly an 8% reduction in popular votes by BN from 63% in 2006 state general elections to 55% now. What type of democratic elections allow a party that wins 55% of the popular vote and yet garner more than 77% of the total seats? Clearly this is a mockery of democracy, in complete defiance of the principle of one-man, one-vote.
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Press Statement By DAP Secretary-General And MP For Bagan Lim Guan Eng In Kuala Lumpur On 11.3.2011

The recent detention or seizure of 30,000 copies of Malay-language Bibles at Port Klang and the Port of Kuching by the federal government authorities is clearly against the spirit of the federal constitution, as it denies the basic right to freedom of religion. Article 11 of the federal constitution expressly allows every person the right to profess and practice his/her own religion.

In the case of Malay-language Bibles, it has been a longstanding practice, especially for non-Muslim bumiputras and East Malaysians, to learn and practice Christianity in the national language. Depriving them of their holy scriptures is therefore unconstitutional and clearly exposes exposes the hype of 1Malaysia is just mere rhetoric and propaganda.

Further prohibiting the Bible just because it is in Bahasa Malaysia(BM) is contrary also to the position of Bahasa Malaysia as the national language. Religion should not be politicised but is a matter of personal faith to be exercised by the individual, especially when there is no threat to other religions or to the peace and harmony of our country.

DAP urges the government to release the Bahasa Malaysia Bibles immediately to preserve the peaceful practice of cultural and religious diversity that is the hallmark of our nation.

Rakyat Mesti Menolak Hasutan Ekstremis Dan Berbau Perkauman Yang Melabelkan Orang Bukan Islam Sebagai Berdosa Dan Negara-negara Islam Adalah Mundur, Miskin, Korup Dan Tidak Demokratik.

Rakyat mesti menolak hasutan ekstremis dan berbau perkauman yang melabelkan orang bukan Islam sebagai berdosa, khususnya dalam media yang dikuasai BN, kerana menyebarkan maklumat palsu bahawa amalan tradisi Kristian dan Hari Kekasih Valentine Day adalah berdosa. Pada masa yang sama ada pemimpin BN yang melabelkan negara-negara Islam sebagai mundur, miskin, korup dan tidak demokratik.

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Let us embrace the future by embracing every Malay, Indian, Chinese, Kadazan and Iban as Malaysian brothers and sisters, Malaysian sons and daughters.

In the Chinese New Year Of the Rabbit, DAP wishes all Malaysians a peaceful, harmonious and prosperous new year. DAP also expresses our condolences and sympathies to those who lost loved ones and suffered losses in the massive floods affecting Johor, Negeri Sembilan and Melaka.

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Kenyataan Akhbar oleh CHEONG YIN FAN, Setiausaha Akhbar Kepada YAB Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang:

Ketua Menteri(KM) Pulau Pinang YAB Lim Guan Eng tidak pernah mempersoalkan dan mempertikaikan kerakyatan mana-mana warga Malaysia dalam ucaptama beliau dalam Konvensyen Kebangsaan Kedua PR di Kepala Batas, Pulau Pinang pada 19.12.2010. Sila baca teks ucapan penuh beliau di bawah tajuk “Kerajaan Berjiwa Rakyat Untuk Rakyat Malaysia Sebenar”.

Jelas, Utusan Malaysia dan pemimpin UMNO Pulau Pinang seperti Dr Novandri Hasan Bari sekali lagi bertindak jahat menabur fitnah dengan menggembar-gemburkan kononnya KM mahu kerakyatan warga Malaysia dipersoalkan. Seperti yang dinyatakan oleh KM, “Rakyat Malaysia (the real Malaysians) yang sebenarnya adalah rakyat biasa yang pentingkan hak ekonomi dan masa depan agar kehidupan mereka bukan sahaja lebih senang tetapi masa depan untuk anak-anak adalah lebih cerah dan baik. Rakyat Malaysia sebenar mahukan sebuah masayarkat aman, tenteram dan penyayang serta menyokong prinsip keadilan, kebenaran, kebebasan, kebajikan dan ketakwaan kepada Tuhan.

Yang bukan rakyat Malaysia sebenar adalah yang hanya tahu benci-membenci dengan menggunakan fahaman eskstrimis baik aspek kaum, jantina mahupun agama, yang tamak haloba di mana demi godaan wang rasuah atau yang lain rela menjualkan segala-galanya serta kaki fitnah dan tohmah. Yang kesemua ini bukan rakyat Malaysia sebenar, mereka ini Malaysia Celup or pseudo-Malaysians.”