Sungai Buloh PAS chief Zaharudin Muhammad accused Sim of displaying prejudice when claiming that Zaharudin had criticised the promotion of Johnny Lim to lieutenant-general in the armed forces.
In a Facebook post, Zaharudin, the son-in-law of PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang, said he never intended to criticise Lim’s promotion.
He also said that his original posting, which included a photograph of Lim, had been “spun” by the World of Buzz website.
“They defend their Malaysian Malaysia concept, which champions having a non-Malay prime minister, and they also know that I am strongly opposed to that.
“Based on this prejudice, when I attached the picture of Lim merely for illustrative purposes, they immediately interpreted the post according to their prejudice.
“I will discuss with my lawyers the possibility of taking legal action against World of Buzz, which spun my original post, and I will also discuss whether legal action can be taken against Sim,” he said.
In his initial post, Zaharudin had speculated that Malaysia may see its first prime minister of Chinese descent in the next 30 to 40 years.
Sim called for Zaharudin to be investigated over his post, claiming it was seditious. PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan said the post went against the Islamic party’s stance.
Today, Zaharudin said his post was aimed at raising awareness about the potential dangers of the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme.
He claimed that there was a possibility of MM2H visa holders having children in Malaysia and then seeking citizenship and even voting in the country.
“If these foreigners enter the country in a coordinated manner under MM2H, the same way the Zionists do in Palestine, then it’s not impossible for us to have a Malaysian prime minister who was born from among these foreigners by 2058,” he said, without explicitly referring to any particular foreign nation.
The PAS leader also maintained that the inclusion of Lim’s photo was not intended to convey any explicit or implicit message.
He said what he intended to convey was that the appointment of non-Muslims or non-Bumiputeras to certain posts may be a “normal matter”, but that it should not apply to having a non-Malay prime minister.