Who should leave Malaysia, Kit Siang or Zakir Naik?
Ahmad Fadhki Shaari, MP for Pasir Mas wants Lim Kit Siang, DAP veteran
and who has served, and continues to serve as a member of parliament since 1969
to leave Malaysia. This call comes in the wake of Kit Siang urging controversy-prone-preacher
Dr Zakir Naik to leave Malaysia and return to India. The call by Pasir Mas MP
as a comparison falls flat.
Kit Siang is a Malaysian citizen by virtue of his birth. Zakir Naik is
an Indian citizen by birth and he has been given permanent resident status to
live in Malaysia. Zakir Naik is a fugitive who had run away from law. Kit Siang
is not a run away staying in Malaysia. People like Ahmad Fadhli who languish in
false, fabricated and laughable history should know, or at least attempt to
learn the truth, the historical truth.
When May 13th riot riots broke out in Kuala Lumpur Kit Siang was away in
Kota Kinabalu. He heard of the riots whilst he was there. He could not return
as Kuala Lumpur was under curfew, therefore he landed in Singapore. It was then
evident that many politicians have had been arrested and detained under the
much hated Internal Security Act. And it was very obvious that Kit Siang would
be arrested. Here comes the crux of the difference between Kit Siang and Zakir Naik.
Kit Siang braved the arrest and returned to Kuala Lumpur fully aware that he
will be arrested and detained without trial for an indefinite period. He could
have stayed away by not returning to Malaysia. He desisted such a notion.
Now let us look at Zakir Naik's position. He is wanted by Indian
authorities to answer criminal charges that had been made against him. There is
a warrant for his arrest. He will get a trial, not that he will be detained
without any trial. The whole world is watching and is monitoring the Zakir Naik
show. Zakir himself has imposed conditions to the effect he should not be
detained on arrival in India. So what we have is a situation where Zakir Naik
chickens out when it comes to facing the realities of law; but not Kit Siang
who bravely walked into facing harsh detestable laws knowing too well he will
be detained without any trial.
Member of Pasir Mas (Ahmad Fadhli) should go and read history and learn
to distinguish between sand and gold. Sand will be washed away but gold will
remain where it is. Zakir Naik is sand, Kit Siang is gold and will remain where
he rightly belongs.
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