PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian activist has come under fire from local netizens over his Facebook posts calling out China’s alleged wrongdoings.

In his latest Facebook post, Wong Chin Huat (pix), called out “blind supporters of China who put down free speech in order to defend China’s mishandling of the coronavirus outbreak”.

He said being critical of the Chinese government policies does not mean one is anti-China.

“Malaysia should be China’s friend, not foe or follower, at both governmental and societal levels. ‘Follower’ is the danger that Malaysia may slide into with emotional sympathy with China.”

However, even his attempts at clarifications have drawn attacks from the other side. In his post, he points out how a former Chinese national of Muslim faith who also speaks Malay, has said that Chin promotes Sino-Malaysian friendship despite concerns regarding concentration camps. It is assumed the concentration camps that were mentioned are of those in Xinjiang.

Recently, it has been observed that there’s an outpour of support for China’s regime among Malaysian netizens. In fact, Malay Mail columnist Erna Mahyuni pointed out that she was baffled to find out that there are those calling out the credibility of Reuter’s expose of barbed-wire camps in Xinjiang.