It is wrong and irresponsible for Lim Kit Siang to continue painting MCA leaders as Umno stooges, an MCA central committee member says.

Datuk Seri Ti Lian Ker said the Chinese-based party had successfully suppressed its extremist and racist elements while being under the communal umbrella of Umno, MCA and MIC.

“Unlike DAP which dons a multi-racial tag but is chauvinist by nature, MCA, Umno and MIC are communal by name but hold onto the spirit of  1Malaysia and multi-ethnic considerations under the Constitution,” he told The Rakyat Post.

1Malaysia is a theme – espoused by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak when he took over the country’s administration – that focuses on racial unity, among other things.

Ti, who is also the party’s religious harmony bureau chairman, was yesterday “congratulated” by the DAP supremo for “serving his Umno masters well”.

This came after Ti had accused DAP of hijacking the Bersih 4 rally last month.

This morning Ti hit back at Lim warning the Gelang Patah lawmaker to stop demeaning him as an Umno stooge.

“I have a better record than any DAP representative when it comes to standing up to Umno as an assemblyman of three terms and have been consistently on a war path with extremist elements in Umno and PAS,” he said, adding it was  typical of DAP to hit below the belt.

The former Teruntum representative added DAP’s constant accusation of MCA being weak and subservient to Umno for compromises made under the Federal Constitution gave the perception that MCA had never fought Umno on issues related to the minorities, particularly the Chinese.

This, he argued, was not true as MCA had consistently resolved racial and religious issues within the framework of the Constitution via their participation in the government.

“However, DAP has successfully painted MCA black and Umno red through the Nazi Goebbels-style of political propaganda by repeating lies,” he said, alluding to Joseph Goebbels, a Propaganda Minister in Nazi Germany and one of Adolf Hitler’s close associates.

Ti reminded Lim to give due recognition to the racial and religious harmony that MCA and Umno had cultivated to provide a safe haven for moderate Chinese and Malays to co-exist peacefully for decades.

Source: The Rakyat Post

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A MCA leader said growing Malay anger towards the Chinese community should be blamed solely on opposition party DAP at its "supporters".

When DAP leaders took to the front stage of Bersih and when individuals, whether DAP members or not stepped on PAS president Hadi Awang's photo or burned hell notes to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak; the natural Malay perception is that 'Ini Cina sudah melampau' and the blame is on the entire Chinese community.

“We are saying that it should be ‘Ini DAP sudah melampau’ and to leave the Chinese out (of the dispute),” said MCA central committee member Ti Lian Ker in a statement today.

He alleged it was DAP, not the Chinese, who are “picking on Hadi and perpetually belittling Najib or the First Lady of Malaysia Rosmah Mansor”.

“It is MCA's duty to draw a line and dissociate the Chinese from being associated with DAP leaders’ antics or their sympathisers (whether a member or not) before Hadi’s or Najib's supporters retaliate and pick on the Chinese in their political ire […],” he said.

“MCA does not want a repeat of May 13th or Low Yat Plaza melee, e.t.c. whereby innocent Chinese are picked on indiscriminately by other extremist groups in retaliation to a perceived Chinese act.

“Thus we categorically spell out that DAP'S leaders or sympathisers’ ill-mannered acts cannot be attributed to the Chinese,” said Ti.

“We are saying these acts must be attributed to DAP and not Chinese per se.”

He said DAP should “own up that its personal attacks against the Umno and PAS presidents have sowed distrust among Malays against the Chinese”, singling out DAP’s Seputeh MP Teresa Kok.

"Maybe I should spell it out loud here for her to understand that racial and religious goodwill that we have inherited is going down the drain as a result of DAP's arrogance, haughtiness and refusal to understand that the Malays or Muslims also do have their sentiment, fear or apprehension of DAP's double talk to the Chinese and to their Malay supporters.”

'Insulting Hadi insult to Malays'

He said attacking Hadi was not only seen as an insult to the Malays, but to “a respected or revered religious leader”.

‘When DAP leaders attacked or belittled a Malay religious leaders like Hadi or a political leader like Najib, DAP leaders like Teresa Kok failed to understand that it is not going to be received well by their supporters whom have exercised restraint or ‘sabar’ which is another Malay trait,” he said.

However, Ti admitted he had also criticised Hadi before.

“I do admit that I have also criticised PAS leaders on policy proposals but I have never resorted to hitting below the belt or going on a personal attacks,” he said.

He added it is “a Malay culture not to be uncouth or ‘kurang ajar’, ‘mengaibkan’ or be crude or ill mannered” but DAP had allegedly failed to “understand traditional Malay sensitivities”.

“In politics when the emotions are high, racial religious sentiment will take front stage.

“It is DAP's failure as a multiracial party if they are still seen to be representing the Chinese by Umno or PAS.

“It is our duty in MCA to protect the Chinese and tell Perkasa or Pekida not to pick on all Chinese, but individual DAP leaders or sympathisers,” said the MCA religious harmony bureau chairman.



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