Pembela asks police to probe Utusan’s Christian Malaysia report
By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal, The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, May 7 — The police should investigate Utusan Malaysia’s report that Christian leaders were conspiring with DAP to take over Putrajaya and abolish Islam as official religion, Muslim groups said today.
The Muslim Organisation in Defence of Islam (Pembela) said an immediate investigation was needed to determine the validity of the news article.
“This has to be investigated, if this is true, we have to be careful,” said Pembela president Dr Yusri Mohamad.
Yusri said Pembela would be making a police report soon over the matter.
“We have to find out the truth, I will send representatives to make a police report after this,” he said during a Pembela function here.
Utusan had carried out a front-page article today titled “Malaysia, a Christian country?” (Malaysia, negara Kristian?), based entirely on blog postings by several pro-Umno bloggers.
The bloggers had charged the DAP of sedition for trying to change the country’s laws to enable a Christian to be prime minister, pointing to a grainy photograph showing what they described to be a secret pact between the DAP and pastors at a hotel in Penang on Wednesday.
The Federal Constitution does not expressly specify race or religious requirements for the position of prime minister. Article 43(2)(a) of the constitution states only that the Yang diPertuan Agong shall appoint as PM a member of parliament who in his judgment is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the Dewan Rakyat.
In a posting headlined “Agong under threat? DAP wants to make Christianity the official religion of Malaysia?” blogger Marahku (marahku.blogspot.com) accused DAP of trying to amend the federal constitution to allow a Christian to become prime minister.
“The whole point of changing the official religion is to allow a Christian to become prime minister of this country,” the blogger said.
