KUALA LUMPUR: Teresa Kok today issued a strident statement saying that Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Khalid Abu Bakar made an error when he said that the church protest was about location and not a move against Christianity. The church is in a largely Malay-Muslim neighbourhood. On Sunday, April 19, a group of 50 protestors gathered…
Let Taman Medan Church know that they won’t be alone in defending their right to practice their religion
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar certainly erred when he said yesterday that Sunday’s church protest in Taman Medan was not against Christianity, but the location of the church in a largely Malay-Muslim neighborhood. How could it not be about religion when the protestors demanded that the cross be removed? Khalid’s statement is…
Zahid calls church protest seditious; IGP says no
PETALING JAYA: The Taman Medan church incident has uncovered a fundamental difference of understanding about sedition, a law which has gained much notoriety over recent months. Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Khalid Abu Bakar said that the protest against the church was not seditious as it did not touch the Christian faith. Charles Santiago, Member of…
My trip to Cairo, Egypt
The DAP delegation to Middle East has returned to Kuala Lumpur this afternoon. This was the first time DAP leaders visited the the region and it was a pleasant and fruitful trip for us. Before I left for Cairo airport yesterday, I joined Steven Sim and Zairil Khir Johari to visit the famous pyramid site….
Yes I’m IGP’s brother, Umno cross protest man says, ‘but it doesn’t mean what I do is wrong’
KUALA LUMPUR, April 20 — An Umno leader who took part in a Muslim group’s protest against a church in Taman Medan yesterday has admitted to being Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar’s brother. Datuk Abdullah Abu Bakar who is the Taman Lindungan Jaya Umno division leader however stressed that his family…
Kejayaan lawatan delegasi DAP ke Asia Barat
Lawatan rombongan Ahli Parlimen DAP yang diketuai oleh Lim Kit Siang ke Jordan dan Mesir telah sempurna dan kami telah kembali ke Malaysia. Lawatan ini, khususnya pertemuan kami dengan pelajar Malaysia di beberapa tempat di Jordan dan Mesir telah meninggalkan kenangan yang manis pada kami. Kami bergembira dapat bertemu dengan pelajar di Amman, Mafraq, Irbid…
Hadi’s unilateral push for hudud an affront to Pakatan, says Kit Siang
KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 — PAS President Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang’s insistence on single-handedly pushing for Parliament to debate hudud will define the future of Pakatan Rakyat, as they struggle to deal with a widening rift within the coalition, Lim Kit Siang said. The senior DAP leader said it was bad enough that Abdul…
You’re not welcome here, Isma’s Egypt chapter tells DAP
KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 — The Egypt chapter of Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) denounced today DAP’s visit to the Middle East as polluting the motherland of Muslim prophets. The Islamist group said DAP’s dialogue session with Malaysians there was just a facade for its “evil agenda” to erode the identity of Muslims, claiming that the…