Keling: Apim Lodges Police Report Against Jerai MP - Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 30 (Bernama) -- The Federal Territory and Selangor Indian Muslim Front (Apim) lodged a police report against Jerai Member of Parliament Datuk Badruddin Amiruldin Sunday for referring to Indians as "Keling" in the Dewan Rakyat recently.

Apim chairman Ramli Abdullah lodged the report at the Dang Wangi district police headquarters at 11.17am.

He said Badruddin should make a public apology to Malaysians, especially the Indian community, for using such a derogatory term in the Dewan on Tuesday.

The "keling" issue arose when Badruddin's choice of words led to a quarrel with other MPs and he told them that "keling" was used by northerners to refer to Indians. He later retracted his remark.

Ramli said Badruddin should be aware that Apim had an ongoing suit against Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) over the term "Keling" published in the third edition of DBP's dictionary.

Present were other key officials of Apim and the Malaysian Indian Youth Council.

[From http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=163004]