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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

BE CAREFUL WITH NAJIB! Do more to stamp out extremism in Malaysia, SE Asia - Australia told

BE CAREFUL WITH NAJIB! Do more to stamp out extremism in M'sia, SE Asia - Australia told
Malaysian opposition MPs have urged Australia to step up and do more to stamp out extremism in the region, as criticism of the Najib government mounts.
A group of Malaysian parliamentarians met the Australian foreign minister, Julie Bishop, to discuss Canberra’s role in promoting democracy in the region. They had planned to appear before the foreign affairs Senate estimates committee, but all inquiries were suspended after the death of Gough Whitlam.
The Malaysian opposition treasury spokesman, Rafizi Ramli, who faces the threat of jail time under Malaysia’s Sedition Act for airing allegationsof government corruption, has warned that the ruling UMNO party is ignoring extremism in the country.
“We have a government that has relied heavily on race and religion narratives to campaign,” Ramli said. “In an environment where the state subtly and indirectly endorses criticism and intimidation of minorities, it is easier for the messages of radical groups like Isis [Islamic State] to take hold.
“The Malaysian government is seen as being complicit in endorsing the rise of radicalism for its political manoeuvring and expediency.”
Julie Bishop
In June this year, the Malaysian prime minister, Najib Razak, urged UMNO members to be brave like Isis fighters.
He has since stepped back from the comments, last month saying in a joint press conference with Tony Abbott that Malaysia was committed to eradicating the threat posed by the militant group.
Independent senator Nick Xenophon, who was barred from entering Malaysia on a fact-finding mission last year, has cast doubt on Najib’s words.
“I’m very disturbed at the pandering to extremists and the behaviour of the ruling UMNO coalition,” he said.
There are currently 150 known Malaysian fighters in Isis.
Ramli says possible extremism in Malaysia will affect Australia.
“If the majority Malay population veers to radicalism it will affect the whole region and this will travel all the way to Australia,” he said.
Nick Xenophon
Dr Clinton Fernandes, an associate professor in international studiesat the University of New South Wales, said inequalities still exist in Malaysia between the Muslim Malay majority and minority groups.
“[The UMNO] ran a particularly ugly campaign in the rural Malay heartlands during the 2013 elections,” he said. “And there were vociferous anti-Chinese headlines in the Malay language press. It regularly warns Malay voters that they should fear dominance by other races.”
Xenophon said Australia must help usher Malaysia back to democracy in order to create stability in the region.
“Australia does have a role in respect to the Commonwealth of nations to speak out on these issues,” he said. “We’ve shown leadership on human rights issues and issues in the region, in fact, we’ve sent troops to Iraq and Afghanistan over democracy. I’m suggesting the least we can do is to speak out in terms of the quite repressive nature of the Malaysian regime.”
After meeting with the Malaysian delegation, Bishop said Australia “is working closely with regional and international partners to respond to this threat [of foreign fighters].” - theguardian.com

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