Ipoh Timor MP Lim Kit Siang has filed a notice for an emergency debate when Parliament resumes on Monday to debate the government's inaction against two principals who allegedly uttered racial slurs against minority students.
In a statement today, Lim said that the debate was necessitated by nearly two months of inaction against the two school principals.
Lim said that this makes a mockery of the Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's recent speech in Brussels condemning extremists, his famous 'zero tolerance against racism' speech and the 1Malaysia policy.
“At a time when the prime minister is trying to implement the 1Malaysia policy, his entire administration appear to be not serious about this policy.
“They are more inclined towards promoting the National Civics Bureau's 'racist culture' which has poisoned our youths and educators with racist messages...,” read the notice.
Lim was referring to the cases of two school principals in Bukit Selambau, Kedah and Kulai, Johor respectively which caused a furore after they allegedly made racial slurs against students of minority communities.
In Bukit Selambau, the principal was alleged to have reprimanded several non-Muslim students for eating within the school premises during the Ramadan period while Muslim students were fasting.
This principal was also alleged to have told the students to “go back to China”.
Several days before this incident, another principal in Kulai was said to have made racial slurs during a school national day programme, stating that ethnic Chinese students should “go back to China” and that Hindu prayer bracelets were akin to dog leashes.
Following a public outcry, the principal in Bukit Selambau was temporarily suspended while the Education Ministry is probing the principal in Kulai.
Education Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's claim that he was unable to make an executive decision on action to be taken on both individuals has also been slammed.
Malaysiakini
09/10/10
In a statement today, Lim said that the debate was necessitated by nearly two months of inaction against the two school principals.
Lim said that this makes a mockery of the Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's recent speech in Brussels condemning extremists, his famous 'zero tolerance against racism' speech and the 1Malaysia policy.
“At a time when the prime minister is trying to implement the 1Malaysia policy, his entire administration appear to be not serious about this policy.
“They are more inclined towards promoting the National Civics Bureau's 'racist culture' which has poisoned our youths and educators with racist messages...,” read the notice.
Lim was referring to the cases of two school principals in Bukit Selambau, Kedah and Kulai, Johor respectively which caused a furore after they allegedly made racial slurs against students of minority communities.
In Bukit Selambau, the principal was alleged to have reprimanded several non-Muslim students for eating within the school premises during the Ramadan period while Muslim students were fasting.
This principal was also alleged to have told the students to “go back to China”.
Several days before this incident, another principal in Kulai was said to have made racial slurs during a school national day programme, stating that ethnic Chinese students should “go back to China” and that Hindu prayer bracelets were akin to dog leashes.
Following a public outcry, the principal in Bukit Selambau was temporarily suspended while the Education Ministry is probing the principal in Kulai.
Education Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's claim that he was unable to make an executive decision on action to be taken on both individuals has also been slammed.
Malaysiakini
09/10/10
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