Police report lodged against Tuan Ibrahim over remarks on non-Malay languages

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DAP’s Lim Lip Eng wants authorities to determine if the PAS deputy president breached any law.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/09/13/police-report-lodged-against-tuan-ibrahim-over-remarks-on-non-malay-languages/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #LimLipEng #TuanIbrahimTuanMan

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00:00DAP's Lim Lip Eng has lodged a police report against past Deputy President Tuan Ibrahim

00:08Tuan Man over alleged racist remarks about non-Malays.

00:12Yesterday, Tuan Ibrahim reportedly said if the Chinese and Indians conversed in their

00:16mother tongues, it would cause distrust in the Malay community.

00:21Lim said such remarks were not only incorrect but potentially divisive, Kuang Wai Po reported.

00:28He also said inciting tension and stirring up racial sentiments was against the law,

00:33punishable under Sections 504 and 505C of the Penal Code.

00:38Lim called on enforcement agencies to prevent the escalation of racial tensions

00:43and to uphold Malaysia's harmony.

00:45Tuan Ibrahim claimed the use of vernacular languages would cause negative assumptions,

00:50which was why Malay should be the intermediary language.

00:54In response, Tanah Rata Assemblyman Ho Chi Yang said,

00:58past cannot disparage the mother tongue of non-Malays and also seek their votes.

01:04Natasha Bust, FMT News.

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