RPK sowing fear, says ex-comrade


Haris Ibrahim takes offence at a Malaysia Today essay claiming that racism has turn worse.
PETALING JAYA: Social activist Haris Ibrahim has accused Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamarudin of fright mongering with his matter that racism in Malaysia has reached a brand new height.
Haris apologised to supporters of his blog for an essay he posted last January, in that he defended Raja Petra, popularly known as RPK, opposite accusations that a latter had turned his behind opposite a struggle to oust Barisan Nasional from power.
In a blog posting referring to a Sept 21 Malaysia Today article, Haris accused RPK of perplexing to "sow a seeds of fear".
The offending essay came underneath a headline "Cina sudah kurang ajar! Dah lupa thirteen Mei ke?" (The Chinese have turn rude! Have they lost thirteen May?") It declared: "Racism in Malaysia has reached a dangerous turn never seen before given May 1969."
In response, Haris said: "The only thing extremist in this country is Umno, BN, Dr M as well as a mainstream media.
"And now, of course, RPK's untiring efforts to boar a seeds of fear."
Haris's essay argued that a assorted races in a country had turn some-more united, charity as justification a Bersih gatherings as well as other new open protests opposite a statute regime.
"Did a tender scenes of a makcik in a Ganesha church in Jalan Pudu putting pieces of salt in a mouths of those anak bangsa Malaysia of all ethnicities as well as gender, seeking retreat in a church after being hit by tear gas as well as chemical-laced water, pound of racism?" he wrote.
"Have a a! nti-Lyna s campaigns been racist? No!"
Haris as well as RPK were founders of a Malaysian Civil Liberties Movement, one of a objectives of that was to identify election candidates for Pakatan Rakyat. Haris quit a transformation early this year.
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