Former law minister Zaid Ibrahim, who hails from Kelantan, is to spread the word on the need to rescue his home state from PAS.

According to the former Umno lawmaker, Malays would be poor because of their obsession with the Islamist party's teachings, which distracted them from developing their human potential.

“This is why, for this election period, I will be spending a lot of time in my own state of Kelantan. I will try to tell as many voters as I can that PAS rule must end.

“Malays must progress economically and they must remain moderate in their outlook. They must go back to the days when they were a tolerant and happy people.

“They must go back to the days when they were able to develop their well-known entrepreneurial skills and business ways.

“They must go back to the days when their culture and traditions were respected and allowed to grow,” Zaid added in a blog posting.

Academic labelled 'a moron'

Zaid, who is now a DAP member, also criticised a “Chinese academic” for claiming that the collaboration between Umno, right-wing groups and PAS would bring stability to the country.

The academic, he said, even suggested that hudud and Act 355 would be positive because it would please the Malays and hence bring stability, which would, in turn, bring foreign investment.

Without mincing words, Zaid labelled this academic as a “moron”.

“There will not be stability when the poor Malays have their hands chopped off for stealing while rich Malays can steal with impunity.

“There will not be stability when Malays are culturally deprived or when they become mentally weak and economically irrelevant because they buy into the nonsense that PAS teaches them about the world we live in.

“The coming election will determine if Malays can be saved. A PAS defeat in Kelantan will be the key to their revival,” he added.