Taib to Najib: Bible serial numbers a 'stupid idea'. Najib to Taib: I AGREE!!

Taib: Bible serial numbers a 'stupid idea'

Regina Lee
Apr 9, 11
4:19pm

 

Sarawak chief minister Abdul Taib Mahmud has credited himself for solving the Bible impasse that has gripped the Malay-speaking Christian community.

Speaking to about 1,000 Melanau Christians in Mukah, he said that in contrast, the opposition didn't lift a finger to rectify the problem and it was he who talked to the prime minister. Taib told Najib  that it was a stupid idea to stamp serial numbers - hence it should be stopped. Najib agreed with Taib and put a stop to the stamping of the serial numbers.

"Now there's no more of this nonsense," he said.

Taib said that now there was no more of this nonsense and denied that the stamping was the result of a federal government ruling. Taib instead blamed it on 'misinterpretation' by minor state officials.

Taib later told reporters, saying, "It was my lower officers who interpreted it the wrong way. When (Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak) realised it, he also thought that it was a funny way to interpret (the ruling)."

Taib later stressed that Malay-languaged bibles and religious tolerance have been a "Sarawak tradition", saying, "This is a Sarawak tradition. We've had this for a long time.So why do something new to make people unhappy?"

Taib is so powerful.

If Taib says '1', Najib says '1'.

No wonder MACC has no balls to investigate Taib despite the many allegations against him.