A concerned Malaysian has issued a video and a letter pressing for Ikatan Musliman Malaysia (Isma) president Abdullah Zaik Abdullah Rahman to reveal his true motive for tearing at the fabric of Malaysia's multi-racial harmony.

Declaring himselt to be a Chinese-Muslim, Muhammad Ooi said Abdullah Zaik’s statement that "Chinese were intruders like the British who came to exploit the Malays", clashed with his understanding of Isma’s objectives.

Speaking calmly in the short video uploaded on YouTube, Ooi urged Isma’s members to stop Abdullah Zaik and other Isma leaders from making any more such statements, as it hurt people like him and could spark racial conflict.

“What is the benefit to ustaz to make such a statement over and over again?” Ooi said, referring to Abdullah Zaik ( right ) by his honorific title.

“Isn’t it better that ustaz try to understand Malaysia’s multi-cultural society and not to make any race feel small or make people in Malaysia feel uncomfortable about their different races?”

Ooi added that he was just an ordinary citizen, passing on a message. He revealed that he has been a Muslim for decades, since he was 16 years old.

“I am not looking for a fight,” Ooi  also wrote in a posting on his Facebook page, published around midnight.

“I am just sick and tired with many of the Isma president’s statements which do not reflect good moral values to other Malaysians. His action is a step backward and does not help Chinese or any other race from coming to true Islam,” Ooi said.

According to his Facebook public profile, Ooi lives in Kuala Lumpur.

Police later confirmed in a press statement that it has received several reports against Isma. This will be investigated under Section 4(1) of the Sedition Act 1948, Deputy IGP Mohd Bakri Mohd Zinin disclosed.

 

"We will not hesitate to enforce the law, using Sedition Act in particular, against anybody who issues statements or acts in any form that is seen capable of breaking up racial ties in the country," the statement said.