TUN ABDUL HAMID MOHAMAD
Former Chief Justice of Malaysia
RESPONSE TO ALL MY CRITICS
RESPONSE TO ALL MY CRITICS
By
Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad
Little did I foresee that four years after getting involved in the Sedition Act episode, I was to get involved in a similar, albeit a much bigger one. This time it is the opposition to the ratification of ICERD. Primer Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir, is his speech at the United Nations, said:
“In this context, the new Malaysian government has pledged to ratify all UN core instruments related to human rights protection”.
Soon after that, the non-elected HINDRAF minister in the Prime Ministers Department, in charge of Unity and Social Wellbeing appears to have hijacked the function of having it ratified from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, for his political mileage.
I wrote my first article on it, in Malay, on 30 October 2018, followed by an improved version on 9 November 2019. I explained the effects of ratifying it on the admittedly discriminatory rights of the Malays and the natives of Sabah and Sarawak provided by article 153 as well as on the provision on Malay regiment and Malay reserve land. Those two articles were “viralised” by the Malay NGOs, UMNO, PAS, private groups and individuals throughout the country penetrating all strata of the Malay/Muslim community.
It awakened the Malay-Muslim community. Not only the Malay NGOs, even UMNO and PAS agreed to join force to oppose it. My articles became the referral document. The momentum grew beyond expectation.
I was scheduled to deliver my speech on 25 November 2018 at a congress jointly organized by the above-mentioned organisations. On 23 November 2018, unexpectedly, Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir announced that the government would not ratify ICERD. I had to rewrite my speech which I did.
On 25 November 2019, I went to PWTC in an ambulance as I am unable to sit for a long time, helped to sit on a wheelchair and spoke while sitting on the wheelchair.
The following day, 26 November 2018, a friend sent me what “Lillie Lillie is with Margaret Chan” had done. They placed my photograph and the photograph of Datuk Hasanah Abdul Hamid, the former Malaysian External Intelligence Organisation (MEIO) chief side by side. On top of the pictures were the words, “No wonder he came in an ambulance to encourage the protest to go on. To save his spy daughter!”. Above my photo are the words “Abdul Hamid ex Chief Judge, pro Najib angry his daughter arrested.” Above Datuk Hasanah’s photograph are the following words “Hasanah Abdul Hamid MEIO ex chief spy arrested (pro Najib)”.
Considering the difference in age between Datuk Hasanah and myself, if she were to be my daughter, I would have to get married at the age of 12 or 13, if not earlier!
On 29 November 2018, Datuk Hasanah issued a statement, inter alia, saying:
” I regret the unintelligent criticism against YBhg. Tun Abdul Hamid (see below). What Tun Hamid says should be understood by all the people.
Tun Hamid is the former Chief Justice. Although he is a Malay, he was impartial and gave the same view as the Director General of the Special Branch, the Inspector General of Police, the Chief of Military Intelligence, the Director General of the JPM Intelligence and the Director-General of the National Security Council, before it was presented to any Prime Minister including YAB Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad “.
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