Kepong MP Calls For Probe Into PAS President's Post Linking Corruption With Non-Muslims

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Hadi made his remarks on Saturday, 20 August, penning his thoughts on Malaysia's battle against corruption. In his statement, Hadi said that, according to Islamic law, corruption is a sin and that Islam forbids anyone from committing such crimes. He also likened corruption to a disease that is poisoning the country.

Further down in his post, Hadi talked about the cause of corruption and how it comes about. He reasoned that corruption happens when individuals try to chase profits and material things illegally.

However, in the most controversial part of his post, he wrote that non-Bumiputeras and non-Muslims were the groups that contributed to the majority of the corruption issue in Malaysia.

"They are the biggest groups that damage the country's politics and economy. The majority of them are non-Muslims and non-Bumiputeras," Hadi wrote.

The committee member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) made a press statement today, 22 August, saying, "I ask that the police investigate Abdul Hadi as to whether he has issued malicious statements that have caused public outrage."

Lim also wants Hadi to be brought to court if it is proven that the PAS president's statement about non-Muslims and non-Bumiputeras is untrue.

"If the statement is proven to be unfounded, I want the government to drag him to the criminal court under Section 505(c) of the Penal Code for making a statement with the intent of favouring any group or race. Section 504 of the same code for making a humiliating statement that may cause a breach of peace; or other acts that can be convicted on him," Lim said.

He has also said that Hadi should back up his claims with official statistics regarding the state of corruption in Malaysia instead of making "baseless and reckless" accusations. 

Young Syefura Othman, Syahredzan Johan, and Sheik Umar Bagharib Ali of the DAP central committee released similar statements on social media, challenging Hadi's views on non-Bumiputeras and non-Muslims.

They said that regardless of skin colour or racial background, the religion of Islam rejects all acts of corruption and that Hadi should refrain from making "narrow-minded, racist sentiments."

They also brought up the Corruption Perception Index (CPI), where it is recorded that Denmark, Finland, New Zealand, and even Singapore are the top countries in fighting corruption, all of which are non-Mulism majority countries.

Malaysia is currently ranked 62 on the 2021 list.

Referring to the National Anti-Corruption Plan (NACP) report from 2019-2023, the DAP leaders highlighted the several causes of corruption. They wrote, "Corruption occurs as a result of lack of support, lack of awareness, bureaucratic fuss, lack of early detection, lack of efforts to prevent corruption, and weakness of enforcement."

The report also stated that the highest contributing factor to corruption was administrative failure, stemming from manipulation of systems and procedures, at 36.43%. The second-highest contributing factor, sitting at 33.12%, was conflict of interests due to power of discretion, absolute power, and political intervention.

The leaders mentioned that corruption wasn't an issue of being non-Muslim or non-Bumiputera, rather it was a matter of the absence of 'political will' from the leaders of Malaysia.

They ended their statement with a question posed to Hadi, "Why is the position of Malaysia's corruption perception index getting worse while PAS itself has been in the government since 2020?"