CM Adenan Bars Ibrahim Ali And Ridhuan Tee From Sarawak To Protect The State’s Peace

PKR Vice-President Nurul Izzah Anuar is one of the local politicians that is included in Sarawak's 'immigration blacklist'.

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In an effort to retain the peaceful situation in Sarawak, its chief minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem, has included two more people in his immigration blacklist, Perkasa chief Ibrahim Ali and lecturer Ridhuan Tee

Lecturer Ridhuan Tee Abdullah and Perkasa chief Ibrahim Ali

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"We are peaceful people. Let it stay that way. That's why I don't want these people (extremists, religious bigots and trouble makers) from coming," explained Adenan.

Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem

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Both Ridhuan Tee and Ibrahim Ali, have been known to have made some racially sensitive remarks in the past.

In 2013, Ridhuan Tee Abdullah wrote a blog post about the limits of the Islam community's patience level and how they are forced to tolerate the traffic mess that occurs during the annual Thaipusam festival.

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Meanwhile, on 4 October, outspoken Perkasa head Ibrahim Ali claimed that the ethnic Malaysian Chinese community have "skewed judgement" because they usually get their information from "distorted sources"

Other prominent members of the Malaysian political scene that have already made the Sarawak 'immigration blacklist' are, PKR's vice-presidents Nurul Izzah Anuar and Rafizi Ramli, Batu MP Tian Chua, and PKR's women chief Zuraidah Kamaruddin

PKR's vice-presidents Nurul Izzah Anuar and Rafizi Ramli and Batu MP Tian Chua

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Just a couple of weeks ago, on 17 February, Bersih secretariat manager, Mandeep Singh was barred from entering Sarawak for unspecified reasons:

Meanwhile, last July, the Malaysian Immigration Department banned a number of politicians associated with the controversial 1MDB scandal:

The past year has seen a spike in racial slurs by local politicians, with some even referring to the Malaysian Chinese as "Cina gila babi"

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