KOTA KINABALU:
Sabah PKR chief Haji Ansari Abdullah said the opposition party is not a racial party but one that represents people of all races and religions. “Only PKR can protect the people and their children and their future as PKR is not a racial party,” he said speaking to over 1,000 people during a charity dinner organized by PKR Welfare Bureau P.174 Penampang at a restaurant here yesterday. “We are the children of God and as a true Muslim, we need to respect each other as we all came from the same generation - Adam and Eve. “I believe that we are multiracial because of God’s words and we have nations created by God so that we get to know each other and respect each other.” Ansari said even though he is a Muslim, he was educated in a missionary school, St John School, Tuaran, and he respects people form all races and religions. “My wife is from a Christian family, my son-in-law is half Chinese and my grandchildren are Dusuns mixed with other races. So why do I need to hate any individual by race? “I urge you people to vote the party, as PKR does not judge people or humans by race and religion.” Meanwhile, a confident PKR candidate for N. 19 Kepayan, Datuk Chau Chin Tang said his priority is to take back the Maang area. “Take it from me, you are going to get Maang back when I win,” he said. Chau claimed that what Umno is interested here is the natural resources, particularly oil, not the people. Dr Edwin Jack Bosi, PKR candidate for MP174 Penampang, said: “I have a message from Anwar (PKR adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim) for you... If PKR forms the government, the people would have a better quality of life and each individual would have an income of not less than RM 1,500 a month.”
