Teresa shouldn't be investigated in the first place
Puan Teresa Kok does not deserve being investigated by the police for raising concerns over a proposed halal certification rule, former law minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim said today, adding that she had been "thrown under the bus" by DAP.
Datuk Zaid Ibrahim said Kok, who is MP for Seputeh and DAP vice-chairman, had brought up a matter of public interest that could quickly be resolved with "common sense".
Kok should not be dismissed as a troublemaker, he said.
He urged Muslim leaders not to be emotional when a non-Muslim leader raises a matter like halal food certification.
"That issue might have crossed the line. Have a discussion, a civil one," Zaid said in an online posting, as quoted by FMT.
Zaid, a former DAP member, also accused DAP secretary-general Encik Anthony Loke Siew Fook of offering “meek support” by stating that Kok was merely doing her job as an MP.
He questioned what other ministers from DAP were doing about the matter, adding that they were "loyal followers who could do nothing more than keep quiet".
"Simply put, Teresa is now thrown under the bus," Zaid said.
Kok had called for a review of a proposed rule to require halal certificates for food establishments that do not serve pork and alcohol. She said the rule would be a burden for small traders.
Earlier today, Pakatan Harapan chairman and prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said she should have gone “through the proper channels” and that her remarks were unnecessary and only complicated the issue.
Kok defended her remarks saying she could not raise her views through internal channels because the matter had been raised at a public forum by religious affairs minister Datuk Seri Dr Na’im Mokhtar, who had not sought the views of MPs.
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