Joshua Wong, the 18-year old student activist who helped mobilise the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong earlier this year, might have been a “Christian agent” bent on proselytising Muslim Malaysians on his aborted trip to Malaysia, says the legal wing of Malay-Muslim rights organisation Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (ISMA).
In defending the Federal Government’s decision to deny Wong entry into the country on Tuesday, ISMA’s iPeguam wing declared that foreigners should refrain from trying to teach Malaysians how to practice democracy on their own soil.
“The fact is, the anti-government activities pioneered by Joshua Wong in Hong Kong was closely linked to the Christian religion. Wong himself is not ashamed to declare his Christian identity as the main driver behind his activity all this while,” iPeguam chairperson Mohd Luttfi Abdul Khalid said in a statement published on ISMA’s official website.
“We don’t need foreign parties, especially those who have engaged in anti-government activities, to teach us how to interpret democratic practices in our own country.
“What would be even more worrying is if Joshua were to bring a Christian agenda to public discussions or during meetings with his Malaysian hosts,” he added.
On Wednesday, Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar justified the Malaysian government’s move to deport Wong back to Hong Kong by saying it was feared that the 18-year old’s anti-China rhetoric would jeopardise Malaysia’s relationship with the Asian giant.
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