Akmal To Sue Johor Mca Member Over Melayu Gila Statement Accusing Him As Irrational Leader

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DATUK Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh has requested his lawyers and that of the UMNO Youth to initiate legal action against a Johor MCA member for having accused him of “always acting in an irrational manner” and for the latter’s seemingly “Melayu gila” (“crazy Malays”) statement.
This came about as the Pasir Gudang Division MCA member, Law Yiak Kwang, has come under fire from pro-Madani political commentator Liyana Marzuki for a Facebook post which seemingly translates into “Melayu gila”.

In short, the Pasir Gudang City Council (MBPG) member has expressed agreement with an earlier 3R-breaching post by Johor MCA which questioned federal allocations for Islamic-related matters, chiefly the printing of one million copies of the Quran and the RM1 bil annual allocation for JAKIM (Department of Islamic Development Malaysia).

Recall that the statement which has since been deleted had also hit out at the Madani government’s policy of “sending military planes to ferry Palestinians to Malaysia for medical treatment while providing them with food, shelter and education”.
This prompted Law to defend his Mandarin statement which was first disputed by a seemingly anti-MCA Facebooker Adrian Lim Chee En who questioned the motive behind “MCA being incessantly inviting the Chinese community to hate Palestine and Gaza”.

In his self-defence, the MCA member argued that the “Melayu gila” expression did not reflect the true meaning of the characters “癫马” which he had used for they could also be taken to mean “crazy horse”.

This is when he dragged Akmal into the picture by contending that “附马” is commonly used by Chinese netizens” to refer to the Merlimau state assemblyman who “always acts in an irrational manner”.
“When confronted with Adrian and Liyana’s statements, this uncle immediately informed that his (FB) post was referring to me – “Akmal who always acts irrationally” – even though there was no mention of my name in the original post,” fumed the Melaka Rural Development, Agriculture and Food Security Committee chairman.

“And I deemed this first accusation of ‘always acting irrationally’ as very serious. Secondly, if the ‘Melayu gila’ translation is indeed true, then this is a statement that insults the Malays as a whole!
“As such, I will ask my lawyer alongside the UMNO Youth lawyer to take legal action against this uncle. We shall see who is the irrational or crazy one in court later.
“Can Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong (MCA president and Johor MCA liaison committee chairman) kindly monitor this uncle. Please don’t let him be so stupid and act like a jerk. See you in court soon!” –  Focus Malaysia

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