Tell cops to drop probe against Kit Siang, Zaid tells PM

December 12, 2023

Tell cops to drop probe against Kit Siang, Zaid tells PM

PETALING JAYA: Former law minister Zaid Ibrahim has urged Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to instruct the police to drop the investigation against DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang over his remarks on whether a non-Malay can become prime minister.

Zaid said Lim’s statement was “legal and obvious” and that his former party colleague had done nothing legally or morally wrong.

“Of course, some Umno and PAS leaders cried foul, they said not to provoke the Malays.

“The prime minister should set the tone right for the country. He must take the lead by setting the standards for what is permissible, right and wrong.

“If we continue at this primitive level, we have no hope of becoming a happy, progressive place and we will forever be second-class in Asean,” Zaid said in a posting on X.

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Bukit Aman had confirmed that it would record Lim’s statement tomorrow over his comments, adding that the DAP leader had touched on constitutional issues.

In a speech to Malaysian students in the UK last month, the former Iskandar Puteri MP expressed hope that Malaysia would not have to wait as long as the US to have a leader from an ethnic minority.

He was referring to former US president Barack Obama, who was elected to the White House some 230 years after independence.

Lim said Malaysians, regardless of race, must share a Malaysian dream and not a mono-ethnic dream. However, he admitted that it was unlikely that a non-Malay would become prime minister in the next 100 years.

Umno Supreme Council member Hasmuni Hassan was among those who criticised Lim and said his remarks were hurtful to the Malays.

Yesterday, Lim said he had been accused of provocation over his remarks but maintained that was not his intention.