MCA religious harmony bureau secretary Chris Daniel Wong said the opposition coalition had repeatedly demanded that MCA president Liow Tiong Lai resign over Hadi’s Bill last year.
“Perhaps like someone who ‘mudah lupa’ (easily forgets), DAP’s Anthony Loke should remember that DAP has no right to meddle in the internal matters of BN and MCA.
“DAP has asked Liow many times to quit BN even when the Bill has nothing to do with us, especially as it was the DAP who empowered PAS in the previous polls,” he said, referring to DAP’s Lim Lip Eng, who had called for Liow’s resignation last year for purportedly lying to the public about claims that the Cabinet had discussed Hadi’s Bill.
Hadi’s Bill proposes amendments to the Shariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 to empower the Islamic courts to impose harsher punishment.
Wong said Loke should stop trying to “fool” the people with his rationale as to why controversial ex-DAP member Hew Kuan Yau, better known as “Superman” for his penchant for wearing the comic superhero’s T-shirts, was allowed to speak at DAP ceramah.
Yesterday, Loke told FMT it was the DAP branches’ prerogative to invite whoever they wished to its ceramah.
“Stop fooling the people and saying that we cannot question individuals like Hew who continue to speak at DAP branch ceramah.
“His remarks indicate that DAP tacitly condones Hew’s antics of spreading hatred and vulgarity in the country,” Wong said.
Hew first stirred controversy in May when a video recording of his campaign speech went viral. Urging Sarawak voters to support DAP candidate Abdul Aziz Isa, he said Aziz could help “screw the Malays and the big corrupt politicians”.
His decision to quit DAP came after he was widely criticised for a Facebook article that said: “The South China Sea belongs to China. Don’t oppose China just because you’re anti-communist.”
Wong said there was nothing comical about Hew’s racially-tinged remarks as leaders and speakers should adhere to certain standards.
“Standards must be set. Otherwise, there will be no standards of ethics for the people to look up to.”