Zakir confident Putrajaya won’t deport him to India

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 11 Jun 2019 1:40PM · 8 Comments

Indian preacher Zakir Naik says he doesn’t expect the Malaysian government to change its stance with regard to sending him back to face money-laundering charges. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, June 11, 2019.

ZAKIR Naik is confident Putrajaya will stand by him and oppose any move by the Indian government to extradite him, reports theSundaily.

“I am positive that the Malaysian government will not be misled by the politically motivated allegations made by the anti-Islamic Indian government,” he was quoted as saying by the paper.

He pointed out that Malaysia awarded him the International Tokoh Maal Hijrah award, one of the country’s highest accolades, in November 2013.

“I was the fourth foreigner to ever receive it. You don’t expect the Malaysian government to award (it to) me without verifying my credentials,” he told the paper.

The controversial preacher said New Delhi has already failed twice to get Interpol to extradite him to face charges.

“I don’t see the stance changing,” he told the paper.

Yesterday, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said India must first assure Malaysia that Zakir will receive just treatment before Putrajaya decides whether to send him back.

“Before we accept an extradition request, we need to know what will happen to the person who is to be extradited,” he said, adding that the government is entitled to determine if the person sent back will be accorded justice.

Last month, Zakir told Indian magazine The Week that he would return on the condition that he would not be arrested until his conviction.

He had said India’s National Investigation Agency, which is investigating him for terrorism and money-laundering, could question him in Malaysia.

Zakir said India failed to produce any evidence to back up the charges against him, thus compelling Interpol to withhold the issuing of a red notice. – June 11, 2019.

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  • See how he beguile Malaysia Government in their stupidity. Now Malaysia is held by ransom by our PM committment to protect a con man and a terrorists. Usually an asylum seeker will try to be incognito or in state of obscurity but Zakir Naik is brazen and brash in his repealing of his home country. He is definitely using the religion to protect all his illicit monetary dealing and going on offensive as he is well protected by his staunch and blind faithful follwers who knows nothing about their borrowed religion which they themselves have never strived to learn more by themselves instead of heresay. But again "bagaimana tupai pandai melompat akjir sekali akan menjatuh ke ......"

    Posted 4 years ago by Lee Lee · Reply

  • Coward and manipulator. Instigator of terrorism and absolutely devoid of all moral values. He speaks messages that appeal only to the brainless and emotional people, self righteous people with no respect for other religions/ beliefs

    Posted 4 years ago by Mike Mok · Reply

  • ONLY THE CREATOR CAN HANDLE THIS GOAT. Mistake made by previous govt we today are paying the price. Goats are openly preaching HATRED TERRORISM etc .

    Posted 4 years ago by Mindy Singh · Reply

  • Are you thinking that you have voted Putrajaya to become the government of the day in the election?.... lol

    Posted 4 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • What make him think so? What deal has he striken with anyone powerful? Is something fishy going on?

    Posted 4 years ago by James Wong · Reply

  • Sic of this DEVIL!

    Posted 4 years ago by Swaminaidu Venkatasamy · Reply

  • Why is the Government of Malaysia allowing this issue to happen is he that important he holds only a PR now look how he is answering even a True Malaysia would not say it this way. He must be good in Hypnotizing lots of powerful people in the Government Of Malaysia. If this is how it is we Malaysian are at lost we will never Change Sad for Malaysia.

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