DAP Parliamentary Leader Lim Kit Siang took the unusual
step, perhaps unprecedented, of more than hinting that he may pursue Minister
for Rural and Regional Development Ismail Sabri Yaakob in court if the latter
doesn’t apologize to him for “nefarious” lies about him (Lim). “I am prepared
to forgive him (for the nefarious lies) if he apologizes.”
“I will not let the matter rest.”
Lim, who is also Gelang Patah MP, added in a softer tone
that he may alternatively bring the matter up in Parliament.
The DAP veteran was disclosing his three tweets earlier to
Ismail Sabri.
@IsmailSabri60 You can run, you cannot hide. Where are your
examples to substantiate your allegation that I had been anti-Malay anti-Islam?
Most shocking in this holy month of Ramadan @IsmailSabri60
can still tell such nefarious lies. Am prepared to forgive you if you
apologize.
If @IsmailSabri60 does not apologize, I will pursue the
issue whether in Parliament or the courts. Ball in your court. Over to you.
There has been “thunderous silence” from Ismail who had
“pretensions” that he’s one of the most Internet-savvy Cabinet Ministers in the
country, continued Lim.
He confessed that he had hoped to make some money from
Ismail Sabri. “He seems to have realized that he’s on a slippery slope which
would be very costly for him.”
“If he has now realized that he had wrongly defamed me, he
should have the honesty and decency to publicly apologize for telling baseless
lies and falsehoods about me, especially in this holy month of Ramadan.”
Silence was no option, warned Lim. “Either he cite examples
to substantiate his allegation that I had been anti-Malay and anti-Islam in my
50 years in politics, or he should without any delay publicly apologize for
making baseless allegations against me in this holy month of Ramadan.”
Unlike Ismail Sabri, the DAP Leader alleged that he can cite
a list of the racist speeches by him (Ismail Sabri) and other Umno leaders,
including the former’s infamous call to Malays last year to boycott Chinese
businesses.
He recalled that Ismail Sabri had claimed, in recent days,
that he can compile a whole book to prove that he was anti-Malay and
anti-Islam. “I told him the book can wait,” stressed Lim. “I told him to cite
an instance a day up to the by-election polling day on Saturday 18 June 2016
that I had been anti-Malay and anti-Islam in 50 years in politics.”
Three days have passed, lamented Lim, and Ismail Sabri
already owes him three examples. “He should up come up with one example a day
on Friday and Saturday, to produce a total of five examples in time for the
Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar by-elections. “That should be ‘chicken-feed’
since he claimed that he could compile a book, which should have at least 100
examples.”
Source –FMT-
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