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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Zaid: Politicians guilty of sowing the seeds of hatred

Former law minister Zaid Ibrahim calls for laws against hatred and political violence in order to prevent more racially motivated clashes.
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PETALING JAYA: Laws to stop hatred and political violence must be legislated in order to prevent incidents like the racially charged brawl that occurred over the weekend at Low Yat Plaza, said Zaid Ibrahim.
The former law minister said that people should be sent to jail for promoting hatred as this was a catalyst to more serious issues.
“I’ve been saying many, many years that hate politics should be criminalised. When they hurl racial abuse, you should nab them because this will lead to other things, more dangerous stuff,” he said during an exclusive interview with FMT today.
Zaid added that groups of “extremist Malays” such as Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) and Pertubuhan Kebajikan dan Dakwah Islamiah Se-Malaysia (Pekida), were being fed by politicians.
“You know groups like Isma, Pekida, they are all promoted by people in power. They (politicians) are responsible, so they cannot pretend suddenly like Low Yat shouldn’t have happened. They sowed the seeds (of hatred),” he said.
On July 14, Zaid expressed his pessimism about Prime Minister Najib Razak ever taking the initiative to institute laws against groups promoting hatred and violence.
“Here we are talking about citizens of this country criticising one another, talking (in derogatory terms) about one another, so we have to draw the line,” he said.
When asked if such laws could be politically abused, Zaid said that although there was a possibility of that happening, the initiative to curb racially motivated incidents had to start somewhere.
“It depends of course… laws are only as good as the people implementing it. Abuse of the law is of course possible, but we cannot condone hatred,” he reiterated.
On whether a racial clash like that of May 13 was likely to recur, Zaid did caution that prior to the bloody riots of 1969, there were smaller incidents up north that eventually contributed to the final clash.
“We are witnessing troubling times. What we need is a group of Malaysians, especially among the Malays, who must come forward and make a stand against racial abuse. Most of the troublemakers are the Malays themselves anyway,” he said.
He explained, ”They (Malays) will justify it saying it is due to economic conditions. They will say Islam is being insulted.
“They will find excuses, so you need another group of Malays whom I call the moderate Malays, to come to the defence of the community.”


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