The racist S-Whole-ness of PAS

PAS leader uses news of first Chinese Lt General to paint racist dystopia


Published: Jun 25, 2025 9:42 AM
Updated: 12:03 PM


Summary

• PAS leader Zaharuddin Muhammad sparks outrage after using Lt Gen Johnny Lim’s promotion to craft a fictional “future” where a Chinese prime minister emerges via foreign-born lineage.

• He claims the screenshot of Lim’s promotion, attached to the hypothetical narrative on Facebook, was “merely decorative.”

• DAP MP Syahredzan Johan condemns the post as divisive and urges all parties to reject such politics.

A PAS figure has courted backlash over his social media post, appearing to take issue with the appointment of Malaysia’s first Chinese lieutenant general.

Taking to Facebook yesterday, Sungai Buloh PAS division chief Zaharuddin Muhammad penned a brief news report from the future to supposedly illustrate his stance against the milestone.

In his hypothetical scenario set in 2058, Zaharuddin, who is also PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang’s son-in-law, wrote of a Chinese individual from Kampung Sungai Baru - now a Malay enclave - being appointed as Malaysia’s 50th prime minister.

He also detailed that the imaginary individual’s parents had secured citizenship through the Malaysia My Second Home scheme.

“It’s not impossible that news like this will come out and be neutral in 30, 40 years from now,” he added.

Zaharuddin also attached a screenshot of a news article dated yesterday regarding the armed forces’ promotion of Johnny Lim Eng Seng from major general to the rank of lieutenant general.

Sungai Buloh PAS division chief Zaharuddin Muhammad


However, Zaharuddin insisted that the appointment is not linked with the fabricated possibility he had come up with, saying: “The (screenshot) is merely decorative. No connection with the news above.”


Creating division

In response, DAP lawmaker Syahredzan Johan lambasted Zaharuddin for apparently using Malacca-born Lim’s promotion to create divides among the rakyat.

“What is wrong with a Chinese Malaysian being promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in the armed forces?

“Isn’t he also a child of Malaysia?” the Bangi MP said in a Facebook post last night.

He highlighted that the honour given to Lim should be a source of pride for the people who can also benefit from the value of unity in diversity.

“Unfortunately, it has been turned into a point of divisive polemic like this, which will only further fracture our society.

“This kind of politics and polemic must have no place in the Malaysia we love,” Syahredzan stressed.