Government acting in bad faith

Jan 29, 2015

KUALA LUMPUR: Jerry Dusing, who is president of the Sabah Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB) also lamented the Federal Court’s decision. Dusing wondered if the government was not being insincere with the Christian community in Malaysia.

He also expressed disappointment with the Federal Court decision and the government’s appeal in the Jill Ireland matter, resulting in a stay being granted.

Dusing asked if the government was being sincere with the Christian community in Malaysia.

As for the apex court’s decision, he said it would certainly affect the rights of minorities, especially the Malay-speaking Christian community.

“Malay-speaking Christians are asking for sincerity from the government, as the earlier resolution (of limiting the usage of ‘Allah’ to Sabah and Sarawak) should not apply to East Malaysia alone, as there is a big number of us working in Peninsular Malaysia,” he added.

Commenting on Ireland’s case, he asked: “We wonder why the government wants to challenge the court ruling.”

In doing so, he accused the government of acting in bad faith towards the Malay-speaking Christian community.

SIB had also filed a judicial review application to challenge the seizure of Christian religious books which were brought in from Indonesia.

Dusing had previously said that SIB was merely seeking a just resolution for the ‘Allah’ issue. -- Malaysiakini