PKR supports Zakir gag order, leaves his PR fate to authorities

Bede Hong Bede Hong Updated 4 years ago · Published on 21 Aug 2019 7:53PM · 4 Comments

PKR vice-president Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad says the party will leave the matter of Zakir Naik’s permanent residency to the authorities to decide in accordance with the law and humanitarian considerations. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Najjua Zulkefli, August 21, 2019.

PKR’S political bureau said today it will leave it up to the authorities to decide on Zakir Naik’s permanent resident status, after the Indian national was barred from speaking publicly for making racially insensitive remarks. 

“We leave the matter of his permanent residency to the authorities (to decide) in accordance with the law and humanitarian considerations,” said vice-president Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, who read out a joint statement at party headquarters in Petaling Jaya. 

Nik Nazmi said the party approves of the police gag order barring Zakir Naik from speaking on all media, including social media, as announced by Inspector-General of Police said Abdul Hamid Bador yesterday. 

“While we recognise the right to preach, it should however not be used as a forum to attack any ethnic group in the country,” he told a press conference, flanked by PKR central leadership committee members Chang Lih Kang and Fahmi Fadzil.

“PKR implores all parties to respect the sensitivities of all ethnic groups and people. Statements such as those insulting the armed forces should not be repeated.”

Nik Nazmi was also referring to recent comments about the armed forces from former Sabah Chief Minister Harris Salleh and businessman Koon Yew Yin, who had described army personnel as “doing nothing but eating and sleeping.”

Zakir is in hot water for allegedly questioning the loyalty of Indians in Malaysia to the prime minister, and telling the Chinese community here to go back to “their country” if they wanted him to do the same.

He apologised yesterday for any hurt he might have caused with his remarks. 

Zakir has been interrogated twice by the cops over the remarks. He is under investigation for making insults with the intention of breaching the peace, said police

He is also embroiled in what he warns will become a legal row with several government leaders, who have condemned him as a bigot and demanded that he be booted out of the country, unless they apologise and pay him compensation.

Zakir is wanted in India for alleged money laundering and inciting terrorism through hate speech. – August 21, 2019. 
 

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  • Why? Doesn't PKR have the guts to speak up? Where are your guts as multiracial party? Don't be hypocrites and say what is proper as leaders elected you idiots.

    Posted 4 years ago by Swaminaidu Venkatasamy · Reply

  • Kick him out

    Posted 4 years ago by Kalai Chelven · Reply

  • sudah 'lallang kah? Waiting for the wind! We have such idiots running a party for not able to speak up with guts. Where are your PM-in-Waiting and current DPM? running away from their responsibilities?

    Posted 4 years ago by Swaminaidu Venkatasamy · Reply

  • Why does PKR needs a Wanted Fugitive zakir naik to be in msia He is not contributing to build msia neither is he a muslim preacher. He is HATE PREACHER from India.

    Posted 4 years ago by Mindy Singh · Reply