The Malay rights leader claimed his words were often misreported, particularly by media organisations like The Malaysian Insider and Malaysiakini.
“I hope all the newspapers report all the statements correctly and be fair. There are good statements from us. It does not appear so but if there are statements that are a little bit controversial, they spin off and people get the wrong message of what I said,” he told reporters today.
The Pasir Mas MP caused an uproar earlier today when he was heard yelling at a group of reporters who approached him for a statement.
“I do not speak to The Malaysian Insider. Why should I? You only spin,” he shouted while gesticulating.
He then lifted both his wrists to the reporters and dared them to arrest him.
“Arrest me, go ahead, arrest me,” he said.
A man standing beside him then gestured to The Malaysian Insider reporter saying, “She should be arrested instead.”
After he finally relented and agreed to speak to them, Ibrahim told the media that he was not “hard up” for publicity.
“As far as I am concerned, whether there is a paper or not, I am not interested because so far, I can survive in politics.
“My struggle has been for 30 years in politics so I do not need to cry to a certain paper or news portal. I just want to be fair,” he said.
He explained later that he was upset that his statement on the Chinese community during the launch of his counter-protest to Bersih 2.0 had been misreported.
Formerly of Umno, Ibrahim won his Pasir Mas seat in Election 2008 on a PAS ticket but subsequently left the Islamist party and is presently an independent MP for the seat.
He went on to found the Malay rights group Perkasa and has been a strong advocate of Malay rights, oftentimes clashing head-on with Barisan Nasional (BN) leaders, particularly those from the MCA.