Tun Mahathir has another 24 hours to withdraw and apologise for
his chauvinistic blog on “Gelang Patah” making irresponsible and
baseless attacks on my reputation and character or face legal action
for defamation for his lies and falsehoods.[Click to read Dr M warns of possible violent clashes if Kit Siang wins Gelang Patah]
Yesterday, I had challenged Mahathir to stop spewing more lies and falsehoods but to produce evidence to substantiate his baseless attacks on my reputation and character or he should retract and apologise for his lies and falsehoods against me in his blog on Thursday.
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There has only been silence on Mahathir's part and I am giving him
another 24 hours to vindicate himself, produce proof to substantiate his
allegations against me or behave as a responsible “elder statesman” and
retract and apologise for his defamatory blog against me.
Baseless attacks
In his blog, Mahathir made the most chavinistic, scurrilous and totally baseless attacks on me, accusing me of wanting to contest in Gelang Patah because
(I) I want the Chinese in Gelang Patah and Johor to “reject working together and sharing with the Malays”;
(2) urge the Chinese in Johor “to dislike and hate the Malays” to create “conflict and antagonism between the races”;
(3) create “an unhealthy racial confrontation” between the Malays and Chinese in Johor, which will be “disruptive and will not be conducive to the development of Malaysia”.
All these three allegations by Mahathir are downright lies and falsehoods, which I had never uttered in Gelang Patah and Johore since the announcement on March 18 that I would be contesting in Gelang Patah.
In fact, in my 47 years in politics, I had never been guilty of anyone of these three charges by Mahathir as it goes against the very grain of my political beliefs – that Malaysians, regardless of race, religion or geography must unite as one people to create a country which will be an international example and inspiration of the success story of the coming together of a plural society of diverse races, religions, languages and cultures to build an united, prosperous, competitive, just and free nation.
Yesterday, I had challenged Mahathir to stop spewing more lies and falsehoods but to produce evidence to substantiate his baseless attacks on my reputation and character or he should retract and apologise for his lies and falsehoods against me in his blog on Thursday.
There has only been silence on Mahathir's part and I am giving him
another 24 hours to vindicate himself, produce proof to substantiate his
allegations against me or behave as a responsible “elder statesman” and
retract and apologise for his defamatory blog against me.Baseless attacks
In his blog, Mahathir made the most chavinistic, scurrilous and totally baseless attacks on me, accusing me of wanting to contest in Gelang Patah because
(I) I want the Chinese in Gelang Patah and Johor to “reject working together and sharing with the Malays”;
(2) urge the Chinese in Johor “to dislike and hate the Malays” to create “conflict and antagonism between the races”;
(3) create “an unhealthy racial confrontation” between the Malays and Chinese in Johor, which will be “disruptive and will not be conducive to the development of Malaysia”.
All these three allegations by Mahathir are downright lies and falsehoods, which I had never uttered in Gelang Patah and Johore since the announcement on March 18 that I would be contesting in Gelang Patah.
In fact, in my 47 years in politics, I had never been guilty of anyone of these three charges by Mahathir as it goes against the very grain of my political beliefs – that Malaysians, regardless of race, religion or geography must unite as one people to create a country which will be an international example and inspiration of the success story of the coming together of a plural society of diverse races, religions, languages and cultures to build an united, prosperous, competitive, just and free nation.