Dear Dr Mahathir : 1. But it was YOUR government which requested Sirul’s extradition from Australia 2. Will you be bringing in anymore extremists/radicals who claim poor treatment by India?
OUTSYED THE BOX
Malaysia is still suffering a bad name all over the world. From the Najib kleptocracy, to being a terrorist support base, to human trafficking, mass graves in Perlis, enforced disappearances of people, race baiting etc.
Indeed the country has much to clean up to make ourselves presentable to the world again.
But that does not seem to be happening as quickly.
The economy is bad, the stock market has tanked and confidence is weakening.
Dr Mahathir’s latest defence of Zakir Naik is bewildering and does not help fix Malaysia’s image at all.
And certainly the issue has made headlines in the Indian Press (click here)
The Indian press has picked up what Dr Mahathir said :
“Zakir in general feels that he is not going to get a fair trial (in India) Dr Mahathir was quoted as saying.”
“He compared the situation to Australia refusing to extradite former Police commando Sirul Azhar Umar who was sentenced to death in Malaysia in 2015 for killing a Mongolian model.”
Dr Mahathir has just single handedly passed judgement on India’s justice system.
Dr Mahathir says the Indian legal justice system is unfair.
And Dr Mahathir has come to this conclusion by listening to a person who is a fugitive from the Indian justice system.
I say, isnt that a serious conflict of interest?
What is interesting are the readers’ comments in that Indian news report.
Here are some of them :
1. Keep him for good. We dont need trash. If Malaysia needs some more trash we could send Mehbooba Mufti, Sehla Rashid and Barkha Dutt, if Zakir Naik needs company.
2. Indians should avoid Malaysia for tourism. And decrease trade with them. Keeping one who breeds hate will affect other religions in their country and in longer run will impact Malaysia and their citizens.
Well that is a thought. There are other radicals and extremists in India. Zakir is not the only one. And they will all certainly say they will not get a fair trial in India. So why not extend PR to more Indian extremists? The more the merrier.
And here is a retort to Dr Mahathir from our own MP for Bukit Gelugor Ramkarpal Singh:
