Xenophobia fuelling backlash against treating Palestinians in Malaysia, says Shahril
Former Umno information chief Shahril Hamdan says the unchecked anti-foreigner and anti-refugee sentiment is one of the reasons for the backlash faced by the government.
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00:00In the Malaysian community, the anti-foreign feeling, especially when it comes to those who are not Maksaleh,
00:07who are not rich, who come from the third country, the third world,
00:11we ask the whole community why we want to help them.
00:15Xenophobia is one of the reasons for the backlash against the government's move
00:20to bring injured Palestinians into Malaysia for medical treatment,
00:24says former UMNO Information Chief, Shahril Hamdad.
00:28Shahril said the anti-foreigner and anti-refugee sentiment among Malaysians,
00:32regardless of religion, was apparent,
00:35especially when individuals or groups from communities like the Rohingya and Bangladeshi
00:40committed criminal acts or engaged in behaviour that caused unease among locals.
00:46Shahril also said some of the backlash was due to groups deemed ultra-liberals
00:50who always found a problem with anything with an Islamic twist on it.
00:55Others, he said, tended to engage in whataboutism by ignoring the pros and cons of an effort
01:01and deflecting the issue by asking why the government did not try to help others in need.