Will Kit Siang be detained under Sosma?
DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang has queried whether plans were in the works to have him detained under the Security Offenses (Special Measures) Act 2012.
DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang has queried whether plans were in the works to have him detained under the Security Offenses (Special Measures) Act 2012.
A sign of such a move, according to Lim, was the anti- Quran label pinned on him by Umno cybrtroopers.
That rresponse was sparked by his Feb 1 statement criticising the Islamic Development Department Malaysia (Jakim) for its Friday sermon text blaming divisions among Muslims on weak faith plus instigation from Chrsitians and Jews.
"I did not refer to any Quranic verse or hadith but I am now accused of being anti-Quran.
"It makes me wonder whether a high-powered plot to frame me up like (Seputeh MP) Teresa Kok in 2008 so that I could be detained on the grounds of being anti-Quran and inciting racial and religious disharmony," Lim said in a statement today.
In September 2008, DAP MP for Seputeh Teresa Kok was falsely accused of signing a petition that azan prayers at the Kinrara mosque had disturbed the peace and was detained under the Internal Security Act.
She was released a week later after a public outcry.
"Is somebody toying with the idea that I should be arrested under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma) on the grounds that I am anti-Quran and a danger and threat to the public order and security of the country?" asked Lim.
Sosma replaced the ISA after being repealed in 2012.
He noted the recent accusation against him is part of a series of recent actions aimed at inciting racial and religious tension and queried police inaction.
"Why are the police keeping silent and unconcerned about the continued pumping of lies and falsehoods, whose sole intention is the incessant incitement of racial and religious animosities, hatred, conflict and tension to create racial chaos and religious conflagration?"
"What for instance are the police doing against those who are making baseless allegations that I am anti-Quran to sow racial hatred and religious disharmony?" he said.

