Mr PM, will you treat your Malaysian Family fairly and equally without any distinction? Some thing from the past

Aliran : The all-embracing slogan – Malaysian Family – mooted by the newly minted Prime Minister, Ismail Sabri Yaakob, comes across well. But it is good to be mindful that slogans are rhetoric devoid of substance.

If only Ismail Sabri had recanted and renounced his previous anti-Chinese sentiments and stunts before coming up with this newly coined slogan, he would have been convincing. Because he didn’t, his sincerity is suspect.

Ismail Sabri evokes the Low Yat Plaza episode, when he rallied the Malays generally against the Chinese traders operating there. A thief, who happened to be a Malay, was caught stealing a phone. Immediately, it became a racial issue with a huge crowd gathering in front of the Low Yat Plaza denouncing the Chinese.

In retaliation, Ismail Sabri set up similar business ventures exclusively for the Malays, urging them to patronise these outlets. Two of these enterprises, one in Kuantan and the other in Johor Bahru, folded up while the one in Kuala Lumpur, Mara Digital, is tottering.

There was also an occasion when Ismail Sabri called the Malays to boycott Chinese businesses, accusing the Chinese of selling their goods at exorbitant prices. But the prices charged were the same for all Malaysians – no community was targeted or discriminated against.

“As long as Malays don’t change, the Chinese will take advantage and oppress the Malays,” he had written. Clearly, it is a very provocative statement meant to rile up the Malays against the Chinese.

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