Letter to Editor
Media Statement by DAP Sabah
Deputy Chairman cum MP for Sandakan Stephen Wong Tien Fatt in Sandakan on 9
February 2015:
"Stop
mislead, show us the proof" DAP told Masidi
I am so
disappointed when I read the statement by Minister of Tourism, Culture and
Environment, Datuk Seri Panglima Masidi Manjun who tried to mislead the public
and twisted the fact by saying that DAP is "inciting hatred to disunited
the people."
In response to the ban on DAP
Vice Chairman cum MP for Seputeh Teresa Kok, Masidi has said that her presence
is to cause "disturbance and a threat to the peace and harmony we have
enjoyed all this while", so in result he said, "Teresa is not welcomed
here.", in a statement earlier.
In addition, it is also
defamatory statement to say that we DAP went into rural areas to
"hoodwink" the people and incite hatred against the government and
cause disunity among different races. It is totally untrue and baseless
allegation against DAP and her.
We are demanding justice for
Teresa. Minister must learn how to be responsible and tell the truth! We
challenge the minister to show the prove and fact that DAP and Teresa has
promoted "hatred" which would disunite the people in Sabah.
If government cannot provide
the evidence that we have did all these wrongdoings as per accused by minister
without any basis, we ask for apologies. It is serious defamation and
allegation!
It is nothing wrong to go into
rural areas to tell the people what government had done. If government is doing
a good job, it is sure that nobody can talk bad about the government. It is
democracy! We have the freedom of speech as granted in constitution to tell the
people what they deserve to know! Government cannot just block the opposition
representatives to tell the truth! It is dictatorship!
For instance, we have been
campaigning for more than half year to fight for justice for Batu Sumpah. We
are talking the truth and delivering the facts to the people in interior and
rural area which government has failed to deliver the oath promises, until
recently the minister of Prime Minister's department Datuk Joseph Kurup had
agreed the mistake of missing words on Batu Sumpah and will relocate the Batu
Sumpah. It proves that DAP is telling the truth!
If Masidi really sincere to
protect the racial and religious harmony in Sabah, then prove to us by
unveiling the black list. We challenge Masidi to ban Ismail Sabri who spread
hatred remarks to cause racial tensions as well as Ibrahim Ali who promotes
extremism as their stances are more extreme and promotes hatred. Is Sabah state
government dare to ban them? Otherwise it would just be political tool to
oppress the opposition.
To be honest, I felt really
disappointed and shocked to see Masidi who pin pointed these baseless
allegation against us. I thought Masidi should be one of the most moderate and
civilized minister in the state cabinet. Now it is obvious for people to see
his real face and nothing different like other extremist ministers.
If Sabah state government
cannot answer these questions but continue to mislead and twist the facts, it
shows that Sabah is being ruled by dictatorship. It is a huge backward for our
democracy in Sabah.
Yours faithfully
YB Stephen Wong
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