Stop making Chinese the scapegoat, says MCA Youth chief
Unlike leaders from other parties who sought foreign assistance and intervention, Chinese Malaysians never sought help from China, said MCA Youth chief Chong Sin Woon.
"I saw leaders of other political parties going overseas to lodge reports. I saw a leader from another political party going to US to ask help.
"But I did not see any Chinese (Malaysians) going to China to seek help. So, don't mess around; don't make the Chinese as a scapegoat," he warned without mentioning names.
Chong was responding to Umno supreme council member Tajuddin Abdul Rahman (
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) who issued a 'slap' warning to Chinese Malaysians who complained too much.
He had also said Chinese Malaysians should stop dreaming that a 'Godfather' from China would come to their aid.
Tajuddin's comments came in the wake of a diplomatic row caused by China ambassador to Malaysia Huang Huikang's visit to Petaling Street on the eve of a controversial rally, which was aborted.
The deputy minister had denied making the threat but audio recordings from his press conference revealed that he had mentioned the term 'lempang' (slap) before breaking into laughter.
Meanwhile, Chong demanded that Tajuddin apologise to all Chinese Malaysians.
"He should apologise immediately, who is he to melempang the Chinese?" he said.
Tajuddin's position as a deputy minister and Umno leader does not warrant him to issue such remarks against Chinese community, he said.
"The country has no room for extremists and racists [...] enough is enough.
"The country will be peaceful if all the politicians shut-up. Contribute to the country in a positive way," he said.
"Don't waste your time exchanging words and playing finger-pointing games. On what basis do you accuse the Chinese of looking for help from China?" he said.
'Making us fight'
Chong, however, dodged the question if the Chinese were being made scapegoats so that a certain party could gather more Malay votes.
"I have said enough of him. I don't want to waste time on this issue," he said.
He also declined to answer BN youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin who demanded that Pasir Gudang MCA Youth retract its decision to cut ties with Prime Minister Najib Razak failing which BN Youth would sever its ties with Pasir Gudang MCA Youth.
"As far as MCA is concerned, this issue is settled.
"My friends in media, this country has enough issues to report on. Why not concentrate on constructive reports rather than taking comment from here and there and (making) us fight each other," he said.
Pasir Gudang MCA Youth claimed to have broken ties with Najib to protest the latter's approval of the Sept 16 'red shirts'rally which organised by the National Silat Federation to defend Malay dignity but the event was marred by racial elements.
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