Taib committed to protecting harmony, unity


  • Nation
  • Monday, 31 Dec 2007

MIRI: Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud has warned that he will not allow "naughty" groups in Sarawak to stir up racial hatred and religious strife in the name of "so-called democracy" even though he agrees that peaceful political dissent should be allowed. 

The Sarawak Chief Minister, who is also the longest-serving state government leader in the country, said he is duty-bound to protect the existing solid harmony and unity among the many diverse ethnic and racial groups in this huge state because it is too precious to lose. 

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