KUALA LUMPUR, March 22, 2015:
The Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar today told Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) executive director Eric Paulsen to “watch his habit and mouth” in making comments on sensitive issues such as matters pertaining to religion.
Khalid, when contacted by The Rakyat Post ,questioned Paulsen for commenting on the hudud issue through his Twitter account earlier.
“Who is Eric Paulsen to question whether the hudud law is fair or not? It’s a sensitive issue, why question that?
“I will review the tweets he sent out and the police will take action.
“I am not questioning the Kelantan government’s action for tabling the hudud Bill. What I am questioning now is why Eric Paulsen made statements that could hurt the feelings of the Muslims in the country?
Screen grab of Eric Paulsen's hudud tweets this morning. However, the lawyer has since deleted his postings.
Screen grab of Eric Paulsen’s hudud tweets this morning. However, the lawyer has since deleted his postings.
“Who is he to say hudud law is fair or not?” said Khalid.
Paulsen today invited criticism, yet again, this time for his stand on the Islamic law through his four tweets that were sent out earlier, which he deleted after a few hours.
In the tweets, Paulsen said “Do not simply believe that everything will be okay with hudud implementation — no basis that hudud will run smoothly in Malaysia” which was followed by angry comments on Twitter by other users who said Paulsen was insulting Islam.
Others who responded to Paulsen’s tweets also tagged Khalid’s twitter account @KBAB51 which Khalid later responded to one of them saying “@PDRMsia look at these comments on religion seriously by those who are not an expert in it. PDRM has no choice but to take action against them.”