Malaysians who criticise country over MH370 should have citizenship revoked, says Malay NGO BY LOOI SUE-CHERN APRIL 03, 2014 Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) has slammed Malaysians who criticised their own country over its handling of the MH370 tragedy, calling for their citizenship to be revoked. Such traitors who badmouth Malaysia overseas during this difficult time should have their citizenships revoked, Isma vice president II Abdul Rahman Mat Dali said. If they talk bad about Malaysia and incite the families of the passengers from China, then I take them to be traitors. This is very serious. They should be stripped of their citizenship. I advise them to move to another country, he was quoted as saying in an article posted today on the Isma website ismaweb.net. The post came about following an earlier report on the Isma website that MCA Wanita chief Datuk Heng Seai Kie had written on her Facebook page that some opposition politicians had been inciting the families of Chinese passengers. Abdul Rahman said defending the country and being patriotic are part of the teachings of Islam, adding it is not proper to badmouth ones own country for the sake of political interest. True leaders will love and protect the good name of their country, even if they do not agree with their political rivals who are in the ruling government, he said. Abdul Rahman said problems faced by the country should be solved in the spirit of kinship, not by stabbing each others backs. The result is humiliating oneself. Heng had allegedly posted a remark on her Facebook page last week where she accused DAP and PKR of spreading ‘disturbing rumours, inciting the emotions of the families of missing Chinese passengers aboard the Beijing-bound plane that went missing on March 8. The post reads: “From my understanding, the family members of the crashed plane are so upset because the DAP and PKR have access to mainland China’s social media platform WeChat and Weibo. “They have used the two platforms to spread rumours and cast doubt on our government. Even information obtained by China’s officials is from WeChat and Weibo. “If this is true, these DAP and PKR leaders are willing to belittle and slander their own country just for their own political interests. “They and their families should be hung to death and receive severe punishment of the law.” Claims that PR leaders had been using Weibo and WeChat were refuted by DAPs Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng, who described Hengs accusations as baseless. Lim said the police should detain Heng if she was behind the posting, or whoever was responsible. Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, carrying 239 passengers, mostly China nationals, disappeared on March 8. The search for the plane, now centred in the southern Indian Ocean, is in its 27th day. – April 3, 2014.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 15:37:35 +0000