“In fact Malaysia is now fast becoming an international manufacturing centre for drugs. We have drug labs here now and if we are not careful, there may be many more drug labs than there are science labs in schools soon,” he wrote on Facebook.
Mustapha, who recently resigned from NST citing reservations about the paper’s coverage of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) affair, was responding to remarks made by PAS leaders while campaigning for the Kuala Kangsar by-election.
PAS candidate Dr Najihatussalehah Ahmad and the party’s state commissioner Razman Zakaria, addressing voters in the Chinese new village of Kampung Baru Jerlun, reportedly said hudud laws would effectively put an end to the sexual harassment of Chinese women.
“Do we like it when ‘Ah Mois’ are harassed? Do we like to see our daughters and wives being harassed. Of course, we don’t,” Razman was quoted by Malaysiakini as saying.
Late last month, PAS President Abdul Hadi Awang tabled a Private Member’s Bill to amend the Shariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Bill 2016, which could pave the way for stricter punishments under existing Shariah laws in Kelantan.
Mustapha said as hudud laws were only applicable to Muslims, the remarks suggested that only Muslim men were guilty of harassing women.
“Or perhaps that only Muslim men are poor at managing their libidos?” he asked.
“Come on la you politicians… be a bit more intelligent la. This is 2016 man. Where have you guys been?
“Why not you talk about building more schools if you win, better hospitals, or patching the road or widening the river to prevent floods, or introducing free after-school tuition, or introducing measures to prevent street crimes, getting to the bottom of this 1MDB mess, or things that will benefit the general public?” he wrote.
Mustapha also said Barisan Nasional was no better with their justification of the 1MDB issue and added, “If its OK previously, it should be OK now. Now tell me, with these kinds of justifications, what do you think these politicians take us as?” he asked.