Derogatory remarks by Datuk Ahmad Ismail

Bukit Bendera Umno Chief Datuk Ahmad Ismail made derogatory remarks about the Chinese in Malaysia. He was reported to have made the offensive remarks in the Permatang Pauh by-election campaign: refering to the Chinese in Malaysia as "PENDATANG, ORANG TUMPANG"
As though what he said is not bad enough, The Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was reported to condoned him by saying that he probably did not mean what he said in the heat of the campaign, and that he will be advised not to repeat it, that is all! Of course with a boss who condone such a remarks, what do you expect? No wonder, 10 days before the Merdeka anniversary there were Umno making offensive remarks like "BALIK CINA".
I think, only these type of remarks similar to condoning Kris kissing and raising had caused BN to loose a lot of votes during the previous elections!
Today we read in the Sun paper concerning the protests made by different ones on the remarks:(Let's wait and see the outcome!)
Furore grows
over remark
by Opalyn Mok, Himanshu Bhatt
and S. Tamarai Chelvi
KUALA LUMPUR: Pressure is mounting
on the Barisan Nasional leadership and the
police to act against Umno Bukit Bendera
division chief Datuk Ahmad Ismail for the
alleged racist remarks he made last month
during the Permatang Pauh by-election
campaign.
Yesterday, the DAP joined grassroots
leaders from MCA and Gerakan in lodging
police reports, urging that investigations
be carried out under the Sedition Act,
and that Ahmad be made to withdraw his
statement and to apologise to the Chinese
community for the remark likening them to
“immigrants”.
In Port Klang, MCA
vice-president and
presidential hopeful
Datuk Ong Tee Keat said
he advocated penalty
under the Sedition Act
for members of BN
component parties who
made racially-sensitive
remarks.
He said such action
was necessary to ensure
that the remarks by the
individuals did not refl ect
the stand of the parties
they belonged to.
“If a party wants to
show that the remarks were not refl ective of
its stand but represented an opinion of the
individual (party member), it must discipline
the member so as not to give a wrong picture
to the people,” Bernama quoted the transport
minister as saying after a visit to Westport
Malaysia.
Ong was asked to comment on Gerakan’s
intention to suggest to the BN supreme
council that leaders of component parties
who uttered racially-sensitive remarks be
hauled up under the Sedition Act or other
relevant laws.
Gerakan acting president Tan Sri Dr
Koh Tsu Koon had claimed that Ahmad’s
comment had eroded the Chinese support
for the BN.
The Chinese press reported Ahmad
as saying that the Chinese are “only
immigrants” and that “as the Chinese
were only immigrants, it was impossible to
achieve equal rights among races”.
When contacted, the Penang Umno
Liaison Committee said it would
leave it to the BN leadership to deal
with the matter.
Its deputy chairman, Datuk Seri
Abdul Rashid Abdullah, said it
did not receive any offi cial letters,
references or complaints regarding
the statement.
He declined to comment
directly on the remark as he had
not received any references or
complaints and also did not know
whether the vernacular papers had
reported the comment accurately.
He said this matter became an
issue only after Datuk Seri Anwar
Ibrahim won the Permatang Pauh
by-election on Aug 26. “Ahmad had
allegedly made the statement on Aug 25 but
nothing was mentioned at that time. Now,
after BN was defeated,