TUN ABDUL HAMID MOHAMAD
Former Chief Justice of Malaysia
RESPONSE TO ALL MY CRITICS
RESPONSE TO ALL MY CRITICS
By
Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad
I was invited to deliver the “Ucapan Perasmian” of the 5th General Assembly of Perkasa. I was very sure whether to accept or not. But considering that Tun Dr. Mahathir and Tengku Razaleigh done the same and I would be saying what I want to say to them and not what they want me to say, I accepted.
As it turned out to be, of which I was not informed earlier, before delivering my speech, I was “awarded” for my contribution in the field of law to the country. For that, a tengkolok was placed on my head. That photograph, with Dato’ Ibrahim Ali on my side was played up the next day.
Frankly, had I known about it, I would have accepted the invitation to speak minus the award if it was agreeable to them. Otherwise, I would decline the speech too. I did not want to make a scene when it was announced. Again Tun Dr. Mahathir, Tengku Razaleigh and Tan Sri Harussani the Mufti of Perak had been similarly awarded, so, I thought it would be excusable for me to oblige them, too. But, to my frustrated critics, at least they had something new to smear my name.
From then on, I was speaking very often on hudud, Kelantan hudud enactment, amendment of Act 355, Malay unity and OMNO and PAS co-operation in the coming GE 14.
I did not come across any comment regarding my hudud and amendment of Act 355 speeches and articles or on my views regarding Kelantan hudud enactment. While I do not know the reason regarding the first two, I believe, as regards the last, since I said it was unconstitutional, they were happy with it.
However, there were criticisms over my speeches and articles calling for Malay unity and UMNO and PAS to work together. As before they labelled me as “racist”, “extremist” and so on. I was accused that I was only concerned about uniting the Malays/Muslims and not the nation, of dividing the nation and so on. Again, why is it so objectionable to them unless they saw it as a challenge to their (DAP) agenda to split the Malays in the coming general election?
It is clear that V Anbalagan was always on the look-out for what say or write. He would also read Utusan Malaysia besides visiting my website, pick up the article and interview the ex-Federal Court Judge Gopat Sri Ram and President of the Bar Council for their comments for him to write his news article.
One such example is his news article reported in Malaysian Insider “Let public decide on Hamid’s racially charged views, says ex-Bar Council chief” on 5 January 2015. Even my article “Tsunami di Acheh, Banjir di Kelantan: Ada Pengajarannya” and my call for UMNO-PAS co-operation did not escape their comments and criticisms. In that article, he interviewed Bar Council President, Ragunath Kesavan. To them, since I was a CJ, even though I have retired, I should not write such “political” articles, but the Bar Council may directly involve in political activities to support the party favoured by them.
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