DAP’s Marina Ibrahim: Party may suffer setback in efforts to court Malays following Sarawak Dapsy’s Kuching road sign controversy
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Sarawak Dapsy came under fire from various groups after it pasted stickers in Chinese characters on several road signs in the city recently. ― Picture via Facebook/DAP Sarawak |
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 — The recent actions of Sarawak DAP’s Socialist Youth (Dapsy) wing in placing Chinese characters on signboards in Kuching has come under criticism from some party members.
An example would be the publicity secretary of Johor DAP’s Women wing, Marina Ibrahim, who said doing so will erode the trust of the party’s Malay members.
Marina Ibrahim
Describing it as “unreasonable”, she added such actions could jeopardise DAP’s efforts to court Malay support.
“Everyone, including DAP leaders, should be cautious when expressing their views or decisions, and take into account the sensitivities of other races, including the Malays,” Marina said in an exclusive interview published by Utusan Malaysia today.
She said that as DAP’s leadership has faced similar situations before; they are now more perceptive to the views of rank-and-file members, including its Malay members.
“For me, Dapsy ought not to have acted based on emotions to the point that it disregarded the law, since what they did to the road signs is an offence under local authorities’ laws and regulations.
“As a result of their actions, the efforts by other Malay members and myself in winning Malay trust have been affected. It is not easy to win the trust of some, which can be so easily destroyed with one baseless action or statement,” Marina said.
Sarawak Dapsy came under fire from various groups after it pasted stickers in Chinese characters on several road signs in the city on Thursday, justifying it by saying they would be helpful to tourists from China.
During her interview, the 32-year-old Kluang local also touched on other subjects, including the use of Jawi in schools.
“The issue of Jawi script should not be polemicised by anyone, including DAP’s leadership. Although they have the freedom to voice their opinions, they need to consider the sensitivities of all and sundry.
“I myself explained the matter to them during the monthly dialogue programme where leaders hear the views of the grassroots, where I said learning Jawi did not mean Islamisation. This in turn led to greater understanding,” she said.
Marina also sought to debunk the perception among the Malays that DAP is a Chinese-centric party, adding that this is untrue.
“I considered this assumption to be a challenge; hence, this is why I joined the party in 2015. But over time, I came to see such claims were untrue.
“Should such perceptions continue, what will happen in the end? With each passing day racial issues are on the rise. It is already 2020 but we have not resolved them, and instead things are intensifying,” she said.
“Everyone, including DAP leaders, should be cautious when expressing their views or decisions, and take into account the sensitivities of other races, including the Malays,” Marina said in an exclusive interview published by Utusan Malaysia today.
She said that as DAP’s leadership has faced similar situations before; they are now more perceptive to the views of rank-and-file members, including its Malay members.
“For me, Dapsy ought not to have acted based on emotions to the point that it disregarded the law, since what they did to the road signs is an offence under local authorities’ laws and regulations.
“As a result of their actions, the efforts by other Malay members and myself in winning Malay trust have been affected. It is not easy to win the trust of some, which can be so easily destroyed with one baseless action or statement,” Marina said.
Sarawak Dapsy came under fire from various groups after it pasted stickers in Chinese characters on several road signs in the city on Thursday, justifying it by saying they would be helpful to tourists from China.
During her interview, the 32-year-old Kluang local also touched on other subjects, including the use of Jawi in schools.
“The issue of Jawi script should not be polemicised by anyone, including DAP’s leadership. Although they have the freedom to voice their opinions, they need to consider the sensitivities of all and sundry.
“I myself explained the matter to them during the monthly dialogue programme where leaders hear the views of the grassroots, where I said learning Jawi did not mean Islamisation. This in turn led to greater understanding,” she said.
Marina also sought to debunk the perception among the Malays that DAP is a Chinese-centric party, adding that this is untrue.
“I considered this assumption to be a challenge; hence, this is why I joined the party in 2015. But over time, I came to see such claims were untrue.
“Should such perceptions continue, what will happen in the end? With each passing day racial issues are on the rise. It is already 2020 but we have not resolved them, and instead things are intensifying,” she said.
Sarawak DAP has always been a loose cannon, and their DAPsy most of all.
ReplyDeleteThe altering of road sign names by adding Chinese characters was completely Tone Deaf.
U r just the fart gang of not-to-spook the melayu sensitivity.
DeleteScare of loosing yr old moneyed trade if yr 'master' isn't happy with what u have said?
Yes, I think once the PN government abolishes vernacular schools then the Chinese language will disappear and then no more need for Chinese signboards.
ReplyDeleteOver to you MCA / Wee KHAT Siong / Mah Hang Soon....
P/S....don't forget UEC.....
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Deputy youth minister wants vernacular schools abolished
Newly minted Bersatu Youth chief Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal today reiterated that his wing wants vernacular schools to be phased out.
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dpa hv to make up their mind to be a inclusive party like pkr, or a suckdick dog party like mca, or a race centricsm party like umno. i notice dap want to be everything.
ReplyDeleteTrust works both ways.
ReplyDeleteWhy are signboards with English words OK but Chinese characters are not?
Trust works Both Ways....
ReplyDeleteWhy Christians don't trust PAS.....because they "revise" the Bible...
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Even Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism prohibit alcohol, PAS MP says
Minderjeet Kaur - August 26, 2020
PAS’ Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh and PH’s Ngeh Koo Ham were involved in a brief tiff over religions and alcohol in the Dewan Rakat today.
KUALA LUMPUR: A PAS MP today said all religions do not allow their followers to consume alcohol, sparking a brief tiff with a DAP MP.
Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh (PAS-Pasir Puteh) said Islam did not stop others from selling alcohol but other religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism did not allow adherents to consume alcohol.
But Ngeh Koo Ham (PH-Beruas) asked Zawawi to correct his facts as other religions, such as Christianity, allowed people to taste alcohol but not to get drunk.
“During Jesus’ last supper, they had wine,” said Ngeh.
However, Zawawi told Ngeh to check his facts, including about Christianity “before the Bible was amended”, as even a bit of liquor was not allowed.
Ngeh retorted by telling Zawawi to ask other religious experts first, prompting the PAS MP to say he had read about Christianity written by Christians.
“It was not written by Muslims. I read from the source,” he said, adding that he was not putting any religion down as all religions did not allow their devotees to drink liquor.
While debating the Road Transport (Amendment) Bill 2020, he also urged the government to monitor the sale of liquor at “wild entertainment outlets”.
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Trust losses its direction when meme-ed inferiority takes charge to lead!
ReplyDelete"...... Islam did not stop others from selling alcohol ..... "
ReplyDeleteBut the case in point is "a group of unruly Muslim NGOs. They had stormed into a grocery store in Manjoi, Ipoh, to demand the removal of alcoholic drinks" in 2018. They also threatened "if they refused to remove the alcohol then we will have to smash it."
And they got away scot-free too....this is how we rule the unruly, hehe
Delete“As a result of their actions, the efforts by other Malay members and myself in winning Malay trust have been affected. It is not easy to win the trust of some, which can be so easily destroyed with one baseless action or statement,” - Marina Ibrahim
ReplyDeleteA typical needed zombie searching for political opportunity in DAP!
She SHOULD have doubled her claimed effort to educate & explain the indoctrinated (in) sensitivities of the melayu to her kindred instead of her DAP compatriots!
" I said learning Jawi did not mean Islamisation." to the DAP’s leadership!
Moron!
She should have shout out that a Chinese road sign WOULDN'T turn bolihland into Chinese territory to those blurred & interiorized melayu crowd.
Truly another product of the btn indoctrination.