Kuching, Sept 12, 2012: Sarawak DAP secretary Chong Chieng Jen has accused Umno-friendly cyber troopers behind the hate postings on the Semenanjung ANTI Sarawak Facebook page.
But Sarawak PKR chief Baru Bian expressed his hope that the police will prove themselves to be efficient in conducting their investigating into the hate postings.
Picture right: Simon Siah (left) talking to reporters after lodging the police report.
“They must immediately start their investigation. Lately, they are very quick on matters involving Opposition politicians,” Baru, the State Assemblyman, said today.
He said both Barisan Nasional and Opposition politicians should act together to call for a speedy police investigation and action against those involved in the hate postings.
“The postings depict Sarawakians as a whole in a bad light,” he said.
Meanwhile, Chong put the blame on pro-Umno cyber troopers for creating ill-wills and tensions with the hate postings.
Picture left: Simon Siah (left) and Wong King Wei with their police reports.
“The style of writing and presentation (found on Semenanjung ANTI Sarawak Facebook page) is very similar to (the ones done by) Umno-friendly cyber troopers,” he said.
He said he is giving the authorities three days to complete their investigations into the reports lodged by Sarawak DAP Youth and Sarawak PKR Youth wings with the police .
“In the cyber world, three days are equivalent to a century,” he added, stating that if the authorities fail to nab the culprits, the conclusion is that the postings on the Semenanjung ANTI Sarawak Facebook page come from Umno-friendly cyber troopers.
“I hope that there is no cover up in the investigation,” he said.
In a statement after lodging the police report, Sarawak PKR Youth vice chairman Simon Siah said the contents of postings are racist and discriminatory in nature, aimed at Sarawakians and in particular, the Dayak community and Christians.
He said several comments referred to Sarawakians as animals, like pigs and monkeys, and the administrator of Semenanjung ANTI Sarawak event suggested that Sarawakians are smelly and living an immoral lifestyle.
“The Sarawak PKR Youth takes this issue seriously and urges the authorities, especially the police to investigate into the hate postings before they become dividing factors between Sarawakians and Peninsular Malaysians,” Siah said.
Siah, who is a personal assistant to Batu Lintang State Assemblyman See Chee How, noted that one of the postings seems to suggest that the admin could be UMNO cyber trooper or an UMNO supporter.
“The posting states “at the next election, people should vote for the party UMNO Sarawak…this is not a threat, if you do not choose your UMNO party, we will remove it from the Federation of Malaysia…realised you could be poorer without Malaysia.”
Siah said PKR Youth called upon the people to assist the police to ensure that the mastermind behind the hate postings can be apprehended regardless of their political inclinations.
He said that the hate postings must be stopped “because we are living in a country which is multiracial and everyone has high respect for each other.”
Meanwhile, Sarawak DAP Youth chief Wong King Wei said the contents of Semenanjung ANTI Sarawak can create ill-feelings in a multiracial society, and between the people of Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia.
“For example, drawing a crucifix and writing the word “Babi” on the Sarawak flag are seditious.
“It is also seditious to ask Sarawak to go out of Malaysia,” Wong, who is also the Padungan State Assemblyman, said, adding that the admin of the Facebook also posted words deemed as insulting the Sarawakians. By Sematong Express
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