In urging the Selangor state government to return the seized copies of the Bible , Selangor MCA’s religious harmony bureau chairperson Ti Lian Ker is barking up the wrong tree.

It is obvious that the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) raid was ordered by someone other than the Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim.

In fact, sources close to the Selangor Islamic Affairs Council (Mais) said it was ordered by Selangor Islamic Religious Council (Mais) chief Mohamad Adzib Mohd Isa, who is an Umno strongman as part of Agenda Rampas Selangor (ARS).

Mohd Adzib ( right ) has in fact stated that Jais did not report to the Selangor state government, but to Mais and the Selangor sultan. Incidentally, Mais has also placed a paid advertisement in The Star to justify the raid by Jais.

Ti's urging to Abdul Khalid to apologise to the Christian community and return the seized copies of the Bible is basically wrong in principle. He should in fact bark at Mais and Jais instead.

Word about ARS has been spreading. It is an effort by Umno and Barisan Nasional to snatch back Selangor. This was in fact announced by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak before the 13th general election.

If this is true, Selangorians will see more of such attacks in the next few years. The objective of ARS is to confuse Selangorians on who to vote for, and to create suspicion between Pakatan leaders themselves as well as the constituents (voters).

While writing this letter, another episode has just erupted in which Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS) executive secretary Norita Mohd Sidek openly disputed the claims by Abdul Khalid over the removal of PKR deputy president Azmin Ali ( left ), who is also a member of the board of directors of PKNS.

Open disputes of this nature are not usually done by a civil servant in the past, but with the current political situation, nothing comes as a surprise any more.

Under usual circumstances, especially within the context of Malaysia, it is the prime minister that recommends a person for a senior position. Although the appointment comes from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, His Majesty will take the recommendations from the prime minister.

On the same breath, it is only logical that the re-appointment of Azmin or recommendation for his removal is done by the existing PKNS chief.

Once the recommendation is submitted to the state executive council (exco), it would deliberate on the recommendation. In this case, the exco would have asked Azmin for his agreement. This would have been done verbally.

In my opinion, the onus is now on Azmin, rather than Abdul Khalid, to state the truth. I am sure if he were to reverse his gears, the public will be able to judge who is right and wrong.

Abdul Khalid can just reappoint Azmin to the same position, but Azmin would have lost his credibility as a senior politician. With the ARS in mind, my bet is that Azmin will know what's best to be done. His time will come, if he maintains his credibility.

STEPHEN NG is a chemist by training. He dealt with printing ink, paint and emulsion polymer for 15 years before becoming a freelance writer.