Detractors Jeer Syerleena For Exposing Her Online Perpetrators Brand Her As Traitor To Malay Islam

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DAP lawmaker Syerleena Abdul Rashid who has come out to strongly condemn the spread of defamatory videos on the TikTok platform which she described as a planned personal attack against her has apparently not earn any sympathy from the Malay Muslim community.
Instead, a cross-section of them even intensified their offensive against the Bukit Bendera MP with derogatory remarks such as excelling as a (DAP) lapdog, traitor to the Malays/Islam and willingly support infidels for the sake of power, among others.
Such distasteful reaction can be gauged from two Facebook posts which reported Syerleena exposing three TikTok accounts – @nowadd_, @cikguirisdelea and @sayapkiri916 – which she claimed had posted content full of false accusations, distortion of facts and hateful narratives targeting her as a woman, a Muslim and a political leader.



While she is open to democratic criticism, the 45-year-old who was previously the DAP state assemblywoman for Seri Delima claimed that the three posts constituted character assassination and exploited religious and gender-related sentiments.
“It is a systematic attempt to silence me and destroy my credibility as a Malay-Muslim woman and elected representative,” she told a media conference in the Parliament.

“One of the videos said I invited Muslims to dine in a (non-halal) Chinese kopitiam, but I never did that. Nevertheless, I will continue my duty as an MP and will not allow this to distract me from speaking out for my constituents and Malaysians.”
Following this, she has recently lodged two police reports against the TikTok account holders for defaming her by calling her a threat to the country and Islam.
In a ll fairness, her electorate have credited Syerleena for showcasing exemplary tributes in accepting diversity by visiting non-Muslim places of worship, attending non-Muslim religious-centric events in her constituency or even dining with non-Muslims (in halal establishments).
Detractors unfazed
But such gesture is viewed with prejudice from the narrow-minded faction of her own community.
This led to her political enemies reminding Syerleena that she could eventually win millions in legal suit against her online perpetrators but “she still loses in the eyes of the rakyat who evaluate her”.
Or if she was unable to accept criticism “as how she has incited to bring down others, then it’s better for her just to become a garbage collector”.

Some apparently Al-Arqam sympathisers were still sour with the Madani backbencher for having proposed in the Dewan Rakyat in October 2024 that the government immediately seized the business assets of Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISBH).

All in all, this is not the first time that Syerleena has been subject to online abuses.
On Aug 17 last year, the former pupil of Penang’s Convent Green Lane lodged a police report against individuals who have slandered her on social media by accusing her of supposedly “fighting to change Malaysia’s official religion” and “planning to attack Islamic institutions, especially JAKIM”.
“These claims are clearly extreme slanders spread by irresponsible parties with the intent to create a negative perception of me, my party and the Madani government among the public, especially the Malay community,” she had justified. –  Focus Malaysia

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