Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin should back his claim that "various quarters" are out to take advantage of Muslim disunity to threaten Islam’s position, DAP said.

Issuing the challenge, DAP vice chairperson Teresa Kok ( left ) also urged Muhyiddin to be "more responsible" in making such comments as it can incite anger.

"Such a statement can actually have the impact of causing racial misunderstanding and inciting public anger and as the nation's deputy prime minister; he should be more responsible and careful with his comments.

"If Muhyiddin has any evidence, he should reveal which body or individual has questioned the position of Islam as the official religion of the federation," she said in a statement.

Yesterday Muhyiddin was quoted by Bernama as urging Muslims to unite as " various quarters " are out to take advantage of Muslim disunity to question Islam's position in the federation.

He was earlier quoted by Utusan Malaysia as saying that another May 13 race riot is “ not impossible ”.

Kok, however, disagreed that ethnic relations in Malaysia is on the verge of erupting into riots.

“Firstly, Malays and Islam are not under any attack as portrayed by some Malay extremist groups and secondly, there is no feeling of tension among the races,” she said.

Reveal intel reports

However, she said, the deputy prime minister would be privy to intelligence reports and should divulge any information he has on the matter to back his remarks.

“He should reveal these reports and more importantly, he should let Malaysians know what steps are taken by the government to stop such a possible repeat,” the Seputeh MP said.

 

Kok also expressed disappointment with MCA president Liow Tiong Lai who said the statement was just a reminder to Malaysians and urged Malaysians to reject extremism .

“When the deputy prime minister had obviously put the blame on the non-Malay communities, how could Liow say that ‘extremists were taking every opportunity to destablise the country’?”

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