dari Daily News and Analysis, India

Anwar Ibrahim, former deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, who was in Mumbai for the global Islamic conference, spoke to DNA correspondent Prashant Hamine about charges of racial discrimination faced by Indians and other immigrants in Malaysia

What do you think about the racial discrimination faced by Indians in Malaysia?

Ours is a multiracial society and it is not just the Indians, but also the ethnic Malays and ethnic Chinese communities who have been complaining of racial discrimination. I have been consistently raising the issue for the past six to eight months. Although the Malaysian government has an affirmative action policy, it lacks transparency. Indians living in Kuala Lumpur are better off than those living outside Kuala Lumpur. Most live in abject poverty and lack basic necessities like water, food, etc.

How do you react to the concerns raised by the Indian government over the treatment of ethnic Indians?

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has raised the issue with the Malaysian government in a very polite and diplomatic manner. I hope it will make our government realise the treatment meted out to ethnic Indians. It is contradictory to complain about discrimination against Muslims in Burma and Palestine, while in our own country, Indians are being treated unfairly.

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Ada beberapa pihak menyuarakan ketidaksenangan mereka terhadap kenyataan PM India Manmohan Singh yang meluahkan keprihatinan beliau terhadap penindasan masyarakat India di Malaysia. Sewaktu di Mumbai, saya nyatakan penghargaan kepada PM India yang prihatin terhadap kegelisahan masyarakat India di Malaysia tetapi juga melahirkan harapan agar beliau menekankan isu hak asasi seluruh rakyat Malaysia.

Daily News & Analysis India jelas merakam kenyataan saya tersebut, bahawa masyarakat Cina dan juga Melayu ditindas. Saya juga tegas menyatakan saya tidak bersetuju dengan kenyataan agresif HINDRAF, tetapi masalah peminggiran golongan tertindas harus ditangani segera.

ANWAR IBRAHIM

Begitu hebat sekali asakan media milik Umno-BN ke atas saya dan pembangkang lainnya. Ruang untuk pembangkang dibisukan, dalam masa yang sama kenyataan diputarbelit untuk memuaskan nafsu pemerintah. Sudah sampai masanya media milik Umno-BN digasak!

Sila rujuk kenyataan saya sejak awal, malah sabelum perhimpunan Hindraf:

21 Nov – Benarkan Himpunan 25 November
22 Nov – Himpunan Hindraf: Tumpu Pada Kelemahan Dasar BN

Saya sokong hak mereka menyuarakan bantahan secara aman. Isu Komuniti India miskin dan terpinggir perlu ditangani bersama melayu dan lain-lain kaum.

Tetapi saya jelas, sanggahan mereka terhadap Agama Islam dan Artikel 153 Perlembagaan Persekutuan ditolak.

Janganlah mudah kita terperangkap dengan taktik Umno dan media mereka!

P/S: Buat Betuibetuikah: Sdr tergamam dengan muslihat umno atau merujuk kepada fakta. Sdr seharusnya mencabar umno untuk mengemukakan bukti penglibatan saya dalam kes shiah atau arqam. Keputusan KDN tidak ditandatangani olih saya!

ANWAR IBRAHIM