I’m no racist, says DAP’s ‘Superman’

DAP firebrand claims subtitles to his speech were distorted by Umno cybertroopers and claims he was only attacking Sarawak’s PBB and not the Malays.

(FMT) – DAP’s “Superman” Hew Kuan Yau has accused Umno “cybertroopers” of distorting the subtitles of a speech he made in Mandarin to make him look like a racist.

In a Facebook posting today, the DAP firebrand said he had nowhere in his speech, asked Sarawak Chinese voters to vote for the party’s Batu Kitang candidate, Abdul Aziz Isa, to “screw” the Malays.

He said he was only referring to the “corrupt” PBB (Sarawak’s anchor party) and not the Malays.

“Umno cybertroopers had purposely twisted my speech in Mandarin in the video on YouTube, with incorrect subtitles. They switched ‘PBB’ with ‘Malays’.

“I’m not anti-Malay. I was just attacking the corrupt PBB.”

Hew said if he was indeed anti-Malay as claimed, he would not have asked voters to vote for Abdul Aziz – a Malay – over BN and PKR Chinese candidates.

The video of Hew’s speech was done through Skype for the benefit of Sarawak voters. The video was first uploaded in the Malaysia Today website, run by blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin.

MCA has since accused DAP of racism.

He said in his full-length video, he had also appealed to the voters in Simanggang to support DAP’s Dayak candidate Leon Jimat Donald and rejected the independent candidate, a Chinese.

“DAP is a party which fights for all Malaysians. I am a Malaysian and my spirit is Malaysia. It is MCA, Umno and the other BN component parties which play racial politics.

“MCA is conspiring with a ‘political opportunist’, who has masterminded this attack against me.”

Abdul Aziz lost the seat to BN’s Lo Khere Chiang.

Hew is popularly known as Superman for his penchant for wearing shirts with the superhero’s logo.

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