Suspension price paid for standing up to racism - Kota Melaka MP

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Khoo Poay Tiong was suspended from Dewan Rakyat following a ruckus in which a Hindu MP was ‘insulted’.

Kota Melaka Khoo Poay Tiong said his two-day suspension from Parliament yesterday was the price he had to pay for defending the House order and for standing up to alleged racist insults.by Dewan Rakyat Speaker Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof following the brouhaha after the vibhuti worn by Jelutong MP RSN Rayer was compared to the late communist party leader Chin Peng’s cremains.

“If the suspension is the price that I have to pay for standing up against racist insults and defending the rights of our fellow Malaysians, so be it. “[...] this means that any MP can make a derogatory statement that insults other religion, and get away with it by just withdrawing the statement later.”

Khoo will be writing to the government to urge a minister file a motion referring Tajuddin to the Rights and Privileges Committee for further action.Meanwhile, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department P Waythamoorthy such remarks had no place in Malaysia’s multiracial community.“To this to the ashes of a person who is no longer living, that is not right,” the national unity and social wellbeing minister said to reporters at the Parliament lobby today.

“I hope all parties can accept the apology with an open heart. I hope this issue is settled and the opposition, especially BN, would cease to play up sensitive religious issues and to respect all religions,” the Bagan Datuk MP also said at the Parliament lobby.

 

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When v r so involved in racial politic look whats hsppening to out acsdemical acievement

Non-Muslims, including Malaysians non-Muslims are not anti-Islam. Non-Muslims are anti-Islamofascism such as what was acted out Islamofascist tajuddinrahman - Now Malaysian non-Muslims and right thinking Muslims must condemn this Islamofascist act by Tajuddin Abdul Rahman.

No worry lah...u r suspended due to peraturan mesyuarat...but so many out there watched u standing up in defence of what u believe...

Nahhh. You talk too much and not abiding to the Dewan rules and go against the speaker that why you were thrown out.

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