26 Apr 2024, 16:05 Kuching
26 Apr 2024, 09:05 London
The followers of Christianity in Belaga have complained of attempts by a group of outsiders to convert them to Islam by offering RM6,000 to each person..
The group has visited several longhouses in Belaga and their next visit will include Punan Bah, Punan Biau, Uma Tanjung and Nanga Merit.Lawyer Abun Sui said the visit is organised under the ‘goodwill and welfare’ programme.
“What is shocking is that the group is offering RM6,000 to anybody who is willing to be converted to Islam.
“What is worrying us is that the majority of the longhouse dwellers are poor Christians who are easily influenced and hoodwinked by the offer of money,” said Abun yesterday.
He said that the activities of the group and their movement have gone viral on Facebook and WhatsApp and the authorities therefore cannot simply deny their activities.
So, the recent extremist religious activity in Semananjung, which is promoted by the Malaysian government to divert attention from its political failures and ever more open corruption has now crossed to East Malaysia.
A propagandist group has been touring poor areas in Belaga, soliciting converts to Islam and offering RM6000 a head to anyone agreeing to convert.
The area was, no doubt. chosen because of the poverty of the local people, who have been ignored by the corrupt Sarawak State government except at election time when tiny bribes are on offer to vote BN.
To these people RM6000 is a fortune and they are not to know that it comes from public funds; directly or otherwise.
As everyone knows, denying Islam or lapsing from it can result in very severe consequences and these are likely to be visited on these “dollar converts” the moment the money runs out and they start to have doubts.
International human rights agreements, to which BN officially adhere, are being flouted by these “missionaries” and if Putrajaya does not put an immediate stop to this it will be an admission on their part that this conversion by bribes has government approval and funding.
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