Ibrahim Ali criticises his critics, DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang and Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin.
PETALING JAYA: Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali lashed out at DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang, calling the veteran politician an “old cow”.He also took the “rich” Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin to task, and welcomed the latter’s call on the police to investigate him under the Sedition Act.
Khairy had urged the police to investigate Ibrahim following his comments on Sunday after the Perkasa boss launched Gerak Aman to counter the Bersih 2.0 rally scheduled for July 9.
During the launch, Ibrahim had warned the Chinese to stock up on food since anything could happen on that day.
His remarks also irked Lim, who criticised the authorities for not acting against Ibrahim.
Commenting on this, the Perkasa boss said: “I am very proud to hear the criticisms from Lim. I feel that I am great.”
“To me, he (Lim) is like an ‘old cow’ that wouldn’t have tender meat even after boiling. We know who Lim is since May 13,” he added, referring to the racial riots which took place in 1969.
In rebuking Khairy, Ibrahim questioned why Umno Youth was holding a rally without support from MCA, MIC and Gerakan Youth wings.
“He is BN Youth leader in name only,” he mocked.
Khairy had announced last week that Umno Youth would also hold a peaceful assembly on July 9 to submit proposals for reforming the elections.
“Umno Youth’s assembly without a police permit is also against the law. Is Khairy willing to do that or is it just a gimmick?” asked Ibrahim.
‘He became rich fast’
The Perkasa boss also accused Khairy of assuming the duties of the inspector-general of police.
“Why doesn’t Khairy instruct the police to investigate the allegations of money politics against himself that was levelled by the Umno disciplinary committee and his role in ECM Libra?
“It will be good to investigate Khairy because he became rich in a short time during the administration of his father-in-law (Abdullah Ahmad Badawi) as prime minister,” he said.
Ibrahim also criticised Khairy for suggesting on Twitter that the Langkawi International Dialogue (LID) be called off because Malaysia invited Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe.
Ibrahim speculated that the call was made because LID was led by former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, a staunch critic of Khairy during Abdullah’s tenure.
