NIAT would not REACT but, will RESPOND firmly to DPM's Statement

NIAT would not REACT but, will RESPOND firmly to DPM's Statement

In response to recent reckless, irresponsible and misleading statement by Deputy President Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yasin, NIAT Chairman Dato' Haji Thasleem says that "NIAT would not REACT but, will RESPOND firmly".

DPM in his statement yesterday stated that "the government would not bow to pressure over the "Interlok" novel as the issue had been resolved and the final decision already made, raising of the issue again to gain support was irresponsible and ill-intended".

NIAT Chairman asks "who is actually irresponsible and ill-intended?". He further clarifys that the DPM's stand on this issue is very ironical and does not reflect him as a leader of multi ethinic nation like Malaysia.

He says, NIAT would not REACT to his reckless, irresponsible and misleading statement, BUT will respond factually to reaffirm NIAT's firm stand from the beginning to remove INTERLOK from SPM syllabus and replace with a literature book from other zones like "KEMBARA AMIRA" for zone 1 or "Sutera Dalam Lukisan" for zone 3.

This is in line with NIAT's research findings that INTERLOK cannot be used continually in schools as compulsory text book for SPM BM paper 2 due to following reasons:-

1. Interlok is AGAINST Islamic Teachings and every other Religious teachings
2. Interlok is AGAINST Educational Guidelines, Text Book Guidelines and National Educational Policy
3. Interlok is AGAINST all races in Malaysia including Malay, Chinese & Indians
   
4. Interlok is AGAINST UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
5. Interlok is AGAINST the 1Malaysia concept of our beloved Prime Minister to foster National Unity

NIAT also endorse the recent evidence found by the Chinese NGOs that

• Interlok is also AGAINST racial harmony in Malaysia with embedded principles Biro Tata Negara & Malay Supremacy and part of the process to indoctrinating our youth
  

According to NIAT these new findings by the Chinese NGOs DOES NOT in anyway deviating from NIAT's Five (5) earlier findings but, in fact they are ONLY further enhance NIAT's claims why this book for sure cannot be a compulsory book in the main stream education system of the country.

NIAT demands an explanation from DPM why till todate there are NO explanations nor any refutations from DPM on the above findings. "Do he think being the No.2 leader of the country he doesn't require to give any explanations to any reasonably raised questions by concerned citizens?" Thasleem wonder.

Haji. Thasleem adds on that DPM is solely responsible for racial tension & disharmony that has been created by him first by introducing this novel to the main stream education and now by his ways of handling the issues in an unscrupulous manner.

DPM must understand that NIAT is all the way from the beginning support fully the efforts made by our beloved Prime Minister, Datuk Sri Najib Tun Razak for National Integration and Harmony among all races in this country.

Thasleem says "We are proud to be in PM's foot steps in his 1Malaysia concept but, DPM is destroying all the efforts of our PM for 1Malaysia, so we are sure now that DPM is against 1Malaysia".