Sabah NGOs urge ban on Perkasa’s Ibrahim Ali

Jambun (centre) with members of the three NGOs after they lodged separate police reports against Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali.

 
KOTA KINABALU: Three Sabah NGOs have strongly urged the state government and the relevant authorities to ban Perkasa president, Ibrahim Ali, from entering the state in view of the latter’s extreme remarks in the country which borders on racism.

The three NGOs, namely, Borneo’s Plight in Malaysia Foundation (BoPIM), Kelab Sosial dan Rekreasi Bundu Tuhan Ranau and Kelab Sosial dan Rekreasi Kampung Kaung Kota Belud, have each lodged separate police reports at the city police headquarters in Karamunsing, here at 10 am yesterday.

Speaking to reporters after lodging the police report, BoPIM president, Daniel John Jambun, said the three NGOs want the relevant authorities to bar and blacklist Perkasa president, Ibrahim Ali, their members and members of Pekida and ISMA in Malaysia from entering Sabah.

“We want the authority to bar Ibrahim Ali from entering the state as we are not interested in his philosophy which can lead to racial incitement. We believe that he (Ibrahim Ali) is trying to divide the people of Sabah, which have been living peacefully without any racial or religion tension for so many years,” he said.

Ibrahim has caused tension in the country for his comments and remarks on the Allah issue when he suggested that all native language bibles with the word ‘Allah’ should be seized and burned.

According to Jambun, Umno has since outsourced its racist ketuanan Melayu/ketuanan Islam agenda to Bible-burners Perkasa, Pekida, ISMA and other Muslim NGOs in Malaysia.

“Putrajaya has even gone on public record and admitted that it has funded Perkasa activities. These NGOs have since expanded to Sabah and Sarawak under the guise of the so-called Bumiputera Agenda.

“The Bumiputras of Sabah and Sarawak are Orang Asal. That is in the Constitution. Except for the Orang Asli, the same cannot be said of others in Malaysia who claim to be Bumiputra. This must be a world first where those who are clearly not Orang Asal in Malaysia claiming to be Bumiputra.

“We are not concerned with the politics in Malaya but what we are concerned is that Malaya politicians do not export their racial polarization to the two Borneo Nations in the Federation.

“This means that it is incumbent upon the Chief Minister and the State Secretary to direct the director of Immigration to blacklist Perkasa president, Ibrahim Ali, their members and members of Pekida and ISMA in Malaysia from stepping foot in Borneo,” he said.

Jambun added that if the authorities concerned fail to carry out their duties as expected by the peace loving people of Sabah, there would be a case for taking the matter to the Higher Court of Borneo to make a final determination

Source:The Borneo Post