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Teresa Kok slams Kong\u2019s \u2018grateful Chinese\u2019 remarks<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
By Yow Hong Chieh<\/div>\n
April 12, 2011<\/div>\n

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KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 \u2014 Seputeh DAP MP Teresa Kok has urged Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha to condemn racial and religious discrimination in Peninsular Malaysia instead of using it to remind Sarawak Chinese of their relative freedoms.<\/p>\n

She pointed out that the benefits touched upon by the MCA secretary-general were guaranteed to all Malaysians by law, accusing him of trying to remain relevant by resorting to narrow, race-based politics.<\/p>\n

\u201cKong is still trapped in the narrow, race-based politics employed by MCA to justify their existence,\u201d Kok (picture) <\/strong>said in a statement today.<\/p>\n

Kong told Sibu\u2019s Chinese community on Sunday to be contented and grateful for the job opportunities and civil liberties given them as this meant they were better off than the Chinese in Peninsular Malaysia.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Chinese district officer is unheard of in any other part of the country. And nowhere else in Malaysia do you have a Chinese mayor,\u201d he had said.<\/p>\n

But Kok stressed today that appointments should be based on merit not race \u2014 in keeping with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak\u2019s 1 Malaysia concept \u2014 and that freedom of religion in Sarawak was enshrined in Article 11 of the Federal Constitution.<\/p>\n

She took Kong to task for warning the Chinese there of a possible backlash if they voted the opposition as this showed that the MCA itself was unsure if its Barisan Nasional (BN) partners would uphold the interests of Sarawak\u2019s Chinese population.<\/p>\n

Kong had said that the ruling coalition might use SUPP\u2019s lack of support to dilute representation in the state legislature for the Chinese, who make up 20 per cent of Sarawak\u2019s population.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe can hardly expect Sarawak voters to trust BN with their future when he himself does not trust BN component parties,\u201d Kok added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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