马来西亚仇恨政治再抬头 Malaysia: hate speech on social media

今年11月底，一名马来西亚青年在社交媒体Tiktok上发表短视频，悬赏五百万元马币，暗杀首相安华。

安华所属的公正党青年团署理团长莫哈末卡米尔向警方报案。他谴责这是公然对安华发出死亡威胁，并且表示马来西亚有必要控制这类煽动情绪的仇恨言论。

悬赏杀首相或者公开诅咒政治人物，这只是网民的一种游戏，是逞一时的口舌之快，还是在埋藏对立、仇恨的种子？在朝野竞争激烈、族群分化的马来西亚，仇恨言论正越来越普遍，它已经发展成为仇恨政治了吗？

这期的早报播客《东谈西论》，听主持人韩咏红和马来西亚独立评论员及《联合早报》特约撰稿人林宏祥解析马来西亚仇恨政治这个话题的来龙去脉。

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Last month, a Malaysian man uploaded a video to TikTok offering a RM5 million (S$1.7 million) bounty for the assassination of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

A police report was lodged against the individual by a youth member of the Malaysian premier’s party Parti Keadilan Rakyat, Mr Mohamad Shazrin Ezam. He condemned the video as a blatant death threat against Anwar and emphasised the need for Malaysia to control such hate speech that incites emotions.

Investigations found that the 34-year-old suspect was new to TikTok and believed to have posted the video for fun.

Intentional or otherwise, the video has raised the issue of hate politics in Malaysia. Is hate speech becoming increasingly common in a country marked by intense political competition and ethnic divisions? Has hate speech evolved into a form of hate politics?

In this episode of Global Heartbeat podcast, host Han Yong Hong and Malaysia’s independent political commentator Lim Hong Siang share their thoughts on Malaysia’s political polarisation and the use of hate speech.

Hosted by Lianhe Zaobao’s Associate Editor, Han Yong Hong, Global Heartbeat is a Mandarin weekly news and current affairs podcast that is updated every Tuesday, 7.00 PM SGT. It is available on zaobao.sg, Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast platforms.

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