Sunday September 7, 2008
Reporters confirm hearing Ahmad’s racist remark
GEORGE TOWN: Two reporters have vouched for the accuracy of Sin Chew Daily’s report on Bukit Bendara Umno division chairman Datuk Ahmad Ismail’s racist remark.
Guang Ming Daily journalist Lee Kelvin said he was sure he heard Ahmad utter “orang Cina cuma tumpang di sini sahaja” (the Chinese are only squatting here).
“I was following Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s second assignment in Kampung Pelet. It was only when Ahmad gradually spoke louder towards the end of the speech that the phrase caught my attention,” he said.
Nanyang Siang Pau journalist Tan Ming Xao said he was also there when Ahmad uttered the remark.
“Najib was already there when I arrived. I’m sure I heard that remark from Ahmad,” he said.
Sin Chew Daily journalist Tan Hoon Cheng wrote in the newspaper yesterday that she did not mishear the remarks.
Tan said Ahmad was talking about PKR leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and whether DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang would be the next deputy prime minister. She said Ahmad then asked if the people would want Lim to be the prime minister should anything happen to Anwar.
“Then, Ahmad said Chinese are only immigrants and it is impossible for them to achieve equal rights among races’,” she said.
“Another journalist came by and whispered to me, saying ‘How could he say this kind of thing?',” she wrote.
Tan said some of the 200 attendees in the hall turned around and looked at her at the time.
“The look was more of embarrassment,” she added.
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