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Rev Eu: Article 153 remarks had to be said

By Melissa Chi

Dec 28, 2011

Ibrahim pronounced those who questioned Article 153 should be investigated for sedition. File pic

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec twenty-eight Senior Christian leader Reverend Dr Eu Hong Seng pronounced today his controversial Christmas Eve remarks about a country's constitutional insurance for Bumiputeras was something which "needed somebody to contend it."

He toldThe Malaysian Insidertoday which he had zero to fright notwithstanding a fierce greeting from various Malay groups as well as denials by a supervision which Christians or any minority organisation had been sidelined.

When asked if he thought his debate during a Christmas Eve entertainment last week was as well provocative, Eu pronounced in a matter-of-fact demeanour which "it is what it is", as well as which "it needed somebody to contend it."

"Enough is said, there is zero to add.

"There have been enough MPs who have been familiar in this issue to carry upon with a debate," he toldThe Malaysian Insidertoday.

He described Perkasa's call for him to be investigated for mutiny an e.g. of fear-mongering, adding which no a single needs to be "fearful" in this nation notwithstanding a vehemence from a Malay rights group

"This is not political; I am talking about a amicable wellbeing of everybody. It is biblical to verbalise up against any amicable imbalances," he said.

The National Evangelical Christian Fellowship (NECF) authority had pronounced upon Christmas Eve which a Federal Constitution's Article 153 was akin to "bullying" if it usually protected a rights of a single group.

Article 153 states which it is a Yang di-Pertuan Agong's shortcoming "to guarantee a special in front of of a Malays as well as natives of any of a States of Sabah ! as well as Sarawak as well as a bona fide interests of alternative communities in suitability with a provisions of this Article".

In his speech, Eu had stressed which he did not have problems with rights of a Malays as well as a Sultans though "what irks most of us have been a 'shifting rights'" of a majority.

His remarks prompted demands from Perkasa arch Datuk Ibrahim Ali yesterday for Eu to be probed by a police.

Ibrahim pronounced a authorities should assign those who questioned Article 153 with mutiny to guarantee inhabitant security.

The Pasir Mas MP pronounced disputing a sustenance would usually lead to polite strife, as it was part as well as parcel of what he described as an established "social contract" which could not be amended but consent from a Malay Rulers.

Amid a growing debate, antithesis leaders have claimed which a sustenance had been manipulated by statute Malay party Umno as well as was right away being used as "a arms of aggression".

Constitutional consultant Prof Abdul Aziz Bari had pronounced which Article 153 meant a King contingency guarantee Bumiputera privileges but impinging upon a bona fide interests of alternative communities.

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyddin Yassin previously denied which a sustenance had been used to bully any community.