Kuala Lampur, Aug. 10 -- DAP Iskandar Puteri MP Lim Kit Siang said today he is standing by his statement on the introduction of khat in schools, calling all Malaysians instead to overcome their fear of one another.
After he was reportedly heckled on stage last night during a ceramah in his constituency for defending the Malay-Arabic calligraphy lesson, Lim downplayed the event, saying he was neither forced down nor chased away.
"Chinese, Malays and Indians are afraid of each other and live in fear. We must have the confidence to build a great Malaysia together," he was reported by Malaysiakini as telling a press conference.
"We're in a situation where Malays fear Chinese and Chinese fear Malays. In the past, DAP is accused of trying to d...