It is inconceivable that Umno and Pas, which claim to be the two biggest political parties in the country, to allow their platform to be used by toxic politicians like Umno vice-president Ismail Sabri Yaakob who in his speech yesterday has openly lied to both Umno and PAS members.
Ismail’s claim that the halal certification process now falls under the Finance Ministry, which is run by DAP, is one of the worst slanderous defamations against Jakim and DAP that is uttered by a senior Umno politician.
It is unperceivable for Ismail, a former cabinet minister, to utter such rubbish.
I want Ismail to retract his lies and apologise to Jakim and the rakyat for inciting religious hatred using the issue of halal certification. He has up to 3pm on September 16 to retract and apologise, failing of which I shall ask the Islamic authorities, the Inspector-General of Police and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission to take the necessary legal actions against the Umno vice-president.