Press Statement By DAP Secretary-General And MP For Bagan Lim Guan Eng In Penang On 2.3.2018.
DAP condemns not only UMNO Minister Datuk Seri Nazri Abdul Aziz, but the entire UMNO, for their fake news, dishonesty and vitriolic attacks against Malaysian business icon Robert Kuok. MCA should not try to white-wash UMNO’s racist and extremist attacks against Robert Kuok by reducing this to an act of one single person(Nazri Abdul Aziz) when it is an all-out assault by UMNO as a party.
Not only Nazri Abdul Aziz but key UMNO leaders ranging from Deputy UMNO Minister Tajuddin Abdul Rahman, UMNO Ministers Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, Nazri Abdul Aziz and Azalina Othman to make vicious personal attacks that has no basis against Robert Kuok. Even the Prime Minister himself got into the act to reprimand Robert Kuok.
UMNO is most ungrateful when they have benefited by receiving donations from Robert Kuok. Instead they have falsely attacked DAP for taking donations from Robert Kuok, when DAP did not receive any. Robert Kuok admitted giving donations to UMNO and MCA in his memoir released last December. The exact words as published at page 260 of his memoir reads –
“I was often asked to give substantial donations to the ruling parties, UMNO and MCA, after independence in 1957. I gave willingly, happily and freely.”
For Robert Kuok giving willingly, happily and freely to UMNO, UMNO repaid Robert Kuok not with gratitude but so much bullying and hatred. Malaysians, particularly the Chinese community, are angry and will not easily forget how UMNO exploits such fake news and ferocious personal attacks with calls for removal of citizenship, and bullying an iconic Malaysian entrepreneur.
This is not just the whole top UMNO leadership attacking Robert Kuok, but also state leaders such as UMNO Johor Assemblyman for Kempas Tengku Putra Haron Aminurrashid Tengku Hamid Jumat calling MCA “racist” for defending Robert Kuok. Why is MCA still wasting time collaborating with UMNO and hanging on in BN when UMNO has utter contempt for MCA?
If MCA is a principled party defending truth and justice, MCA should first condemn UMNO for the fake news and racist attacks against Robert Kuok and the DAP. Secondly they should break off ties with UMNO and withdraw from BN in protest against UMNO’s refusal to withdraw the fake news and apologise for their racist attacks.
This is a dishonest act of deception by MCA, when they were so many top UMNO leaders who attacked Robert Kuok. Clearly, by not pulling out of BN, both MCA and Gerakan are putting principle ahead of position of power, right ahead of wrong, fairplay ahead of bullying.
DAP wishes to commend CIMB Bank chairperson Nazir Razak’s(the Prime Minister youngest brother) for refusing to participate in UMNO’s racist and extremist personal attacks on Robert Kuok. Instead, Nazir described Robert Kuok as a patriot, the icon of Malaysian business and a first-class gentleman. Clearly Nazir would make a better Prime Minister than his older brother.
The attack on Kuok began when a pro-UMNO cyber-trooper, Raja Petra Kamaruddin, wrote a fake news alleging that the tycoon was funding DAP and The Malaysian Insight, with the intention of toppling Umno from power. Following this, Even Nazir’s elder brother, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, also got into the act against Robert Kuok
What is disappointing is MCA’s failure or fear of standing up to UMNO against such bullying of both DAP and Robert Kuok with such blatant lies. Instead of demanding in Cabinet that UMNO apologises for their racist and extremist attacks against UMNO, MCA is now trying to whitewash UMNO by claiming that it is not UMNO that is the problem but only one Minister!
This is a dishonest act of deception by MCA, when they were so many top UMNO leaders who attacked Robert Kuok. Clearly, by not pulling out of BN, both MCA and Gerakan are putting principle ahead of position of power, right ahead of wrong, fairplay ahead of bullying.
To stay in power, BN is willing to play with racial fire and burn down the country. However, DAP believes that Malaysians will not allow BN to burn down the country and shall replace this corrupt, divisive and destructive force with a diverse, multi-racial and principled coalition. Let Pakatan unite Malaysians to deal with the real issues of economy and livelihood faced by ordinary Malaysians who eat rice and not quinoa.
LIM GUAN ENG
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民主行动党秘书长兼峇眼区国会议员林冠英于2018年3月2日在槟城发表的文告
民主行动党不只要谴责巫统部长拿督斯里纳兹里，还要同时谴责整个巫统制造假新闻及攻击大马商界典范郭鹤年。
民主行动党不只要谴责巫统部长拿督斯里纳兹里，还要同时谴责整个巫统制造假新闻、诬赖及恶毒地攻击大马商界典范郭鹤年。马华不应急着为巫统漂白他们对郭鹤年进行的极端种族主义攻击，企图将这项攻击行动指向只有纳兹里一人的行为，实情是巫统整个政党正在倾全力羞辱郭鹤年。
不只纳兹里一人，巫统领袖尚包括巫统副部长塔祖丁拉曼、巫统部长东姑安南、纳兹里及阿莎丽娜皆以人身攻击群起围攻郭鹤年。甚至是首相自己也插一脚训斥郭鹤年。
巫统是最忘恩负义的，因为获得郭鹤年捐款受益的就是巫统。反过来他们竟然还毫无根据的攻击不曾获捐的行动党获得郭鹤年的捐款。郭鹤年白纸黑字在其去年12月推出的自转中承认他曾捐献巫统及马华，在此截取自其英文版自传第260页如下：
“自1957年独立以来，我常常被要求捐款给执政成员党即巫统与马华。我很愿意、开心且大方地捐款给他们。”
郭老对巫统的“愿意、开心及大方”，最终换回来的不是感激之情，反而是霸凌与憎恨。对于巫统制造假新闻无的放矢，并群起攻击郭老，甚至放话要取消郭老这位大马标志性企业家的公民权，马来西亚人，特别是华人社群感到无比的生气，这笔帐必定不会轻易忘却。
攻击郭老的已不是巫统高层而已，连州级领袖如巫统柔州甘拔士区州议员东姑布特拉哈伦也加入阵容，他攻击马华，指马华“种族主义”，理由是马华捍卫郭鹤年。人家都已经如此鄙视马华了，为何马华还要留在国阵，浪费时间来和巫统合作？
如果马华是一个有原则的政党，捍卫真相和公义，马华应该谴责巫统，制造假新闻、还对郭鹤年与行动党进行种族攻击。第二，他们应该与巫统决裂，退出国阵，以抗议巫统拒绝拒绝撤回假新闻，并为自己的种族性言论道歉。
这就是马华极不老实的狡辩，攻击郭鹤年的可是一众巫统最高领袖呀！很明显，马华与民政就是不敢退出国阵，因为在他们来说，权位重于原则、错重于对、欺凌重于公平竞争。
昌联银行董事主席纳兹尔拉萨拒绝参与巫统对于郭鹤年进行极端种族的人身攻击，反而还形容郭鹤年是爱国者，因为郭鹤年可是大马商界的典范，是一流的绅士。可见纳兹尔可能比他长兄还更胜任首相的职位。
攻击一开始由亲巫统的网络枪手拉惹佩德拉所撰写的假新闻开始，污蔑这位商界巨人资助行动党及《透视大马》以颠覆巫统政权。接着，甚至是纳兹尔长兄，首相大人纳吉也参与针对郭鹤年。
最让人失望的是马华无法或害怕挺身反抗巫统以毫无根据的谎言欺凌行动党与郭鹤年。马华原本理应在内阁里挺身要求巫统对他们的极端种族言论道歉，但马华却竟然选择为巫统漂白，声称这并不代表巫统而只是牵涉一位部长之言！
这就是马华极不老实的狡辩，攻击郭鹤年的可是一众巫统最高领袖呀！很明显，马华与民政就是不敢退出国阵，因为在他们来说，权位重于原则、错重于对、欺凌重于公平竞争。
为了保住政权，国阵正无所不用其极的玩弄种族的烈火，企图烈火燎国。但行动党相信大马人民绝不会允许国阵的种族烈火把国家给烧掉，反而会将这个制造贪污、分歧与破坏的恶势力换掉，以多元化、多元种族及有原则的联盟取而代之。大马普通的老百姓只吃过白饭吃不起珍贵的藜麦，就让希盟带领大马人团结一致去解决大马普通老百姓真正要面对的经济及民生问题。
林冠英