KUALA LUMPUR: Perikatan Nasional (PN) elections director Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor has claimed that non-Muslims are the ones who get arrested the most for giving and receiving bribes.
Sanusi, who is also the Menteri Besar of Kedah, claimed that what he has said is true and a fact.
Explaining why Pas president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang claimed that non-muslims and non-Bumiputera's are the cause for corruption in Malaysia, Sanusi pointed his finger at DAP as the ones who started playing the narrative that Malay leaders are involved in bribery and corruption.
"I stick with my stand which is the same as Tok Guru (Abdul Hadi) that as long as it is true, then I will speak. Just go and take a look at the record of those arrested for the offence of giving and receiving, many are non-Muslims, it is a fact and it is true.
"Because at the time when the statement was issued, DAP played up the claim that Malay leaders are corrupt. Malay leaders cannot be trusted.
"They said that that it is better to have good non-Muslims than Muslim leaders who are not good because they practice corruption. But when looking at the facts, many who get caught are non-Muslims," he said during the 'Keluar Sekejap' talk show programme together with Khairy Jamaluddin and Shahril Hamdan which was aired online last night.
When asked about PN's strategy to win the votes of non-Malays, Sanusi said that their coalition puts forth harmonious politics.
He believes in having a formidable line up of good Malay and Muslim candidates, which will enable the non-Malay community to vote for such candidates.
"PN still brings politics that is harmonious. I feel that Malaysian votes, if we are not influenced by extreme politics, scaring non-Muslims about Islam and Islamic leaders that have been portrayed as extreme, the Chinese and Indians can support PN, without a problem.
"This is the background of Malaysian politics. But if it is a Malay candidate then he or she will have to go and look for Malay votes. If you want to win the Chinese vote, you will have to go look for a Chinese candidate. That is the political divide based on race in Malaysia that we cannot avoid. But they do not let us talk (about race).," he said.