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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Kuching MP caught in Bible crossfire

He also lauded the Sarawak government's firm stand against federal agencies from Peninsula Malaysia making attempts to convert Christians in the state to Islam.
Chong Chieng Jen300KUALA LUMPUR: Kuching MP Chong Chieng Jen was interrupted several times by Barisan Nasional (BN) MPs in Parliament on Tues when debating the Budget speech.
Putatan MP Marcus Mojigoh wanted the Opposition to produce proof that the Bible had been burnt.
“During the general election, the opposition showed pictures where a vote for BN equals to a burnt Bible,” he lamented. “Tell me, have any copies been burnt?”
Marcus was in fact needled by an earlier statement by Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad that BN MPs from Sabah and Sarawak, where the population is majority Christian, remained silent in the face of threats.
Khalid cited one by Perkasa Chief Ibrahim Ali to burn the Bible and the Attorney General’s take that the latter was only defending Islam and therefore the question of prosecuting him does not arise.
Kapit MP Alexander Nanta Linggi claimed that Sarawak MPs were only being “disciplined in not playing up sensitive issues”.
He pointed out that the Sarawak Government had already banned Ibrahim and others like him from entering the state.
“If Shah Alam (Khalid) behaves like Ibrahim, he too will be banned, but so far, not yet,” warned Alexander.
Khalid rose up to suggest that Sarawak ban Umno from the state.
“We all know that Umno is a party that plays on racial politics,” he said before being shouted down by BN MPs.
The rest of his remarks were drowned by BN MPs accusing him of “trying to sow discord between the two Borneo nations and the peninsula”.
Chong, resuming his speech on the budget, said he supported the Sarawak government barring Ibrahim, and was also behind Khalid on the need for BN MPs to speak out against bigotry in the peninsula.
“The only way the government can redeem itself is to charge Ibrahim in court and withdraw its statement defending Ibrahim,” said Chong. “Or else, the government will be seen as encouraging religious extremism.”
The Kuching MP also lauded the Sarawak government’s firm stand against federal agencies from Peninsula Malaysia making attempts to convert Christians in the state to Islam.
“I urge the federal government under Umno and BN to respect the rights of Sarawakians and do not try to create havoc among different religious groups in Sarawak,” he said. “Do not export your extremism to Sarawak.”

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