Why does it take Kit Siang to urge the Government to launch an anti-racisms campaign when the latter talks so much about 1Malaysia? Let's see if anything is being done by the PM.

Tuesday September 7, 2010

Launch anti-racism campaign, Govt urged

PETALING JAYA: The Government has been urged to launch a nationwide “Say No to Racism” campaign to end the escalation of racist bigotry and religious extremism.

DAP leader Lim Kit Siang said the Cabinet should decide on the matter as the abhorred extremism was increasingly invading public space and consciousness.

“The campaign should be a truly national one, rising above party politics, leveraging on the fact that the overwhelming majority of Malaysians regardless of race or religion abhor racial and religious extremism.

“And it should mobilise the good sense and goodwill of the majority of Malaysians to take a clear and unequivocal stand to denounce racism in any form,” he said in his blog posting yesterday.

In a separate posting, Lim called for an end to any form of racial or religious slurs, especially in social media and on the Internet, adding that the rise and frequency of such instances were of “grave concern”.

He urged “all right-thinking Malaysians” to join hands to call and work for a return of civility, reason and rationality in public discourse.

The social media had come under scrutiny due to recent posts touching on racial and religious sensitivities.