Humza Yousaf has slapped down Elon Musk after he shared a post about a race-hate murder that shocked Scotland 20 years ago.
The controversial billionaire – who is a supporter of far-right thug Tommy Robinson – shared a tweet today regarding Kriss Donald.
The 15-year-old was abducted, tortured and murdered in Glasgow in 2004 by a group of British Pakistani men in a crime that stunned the country.
Musk shared a tweet which alleged that the public had “never heard” about Donald’s murder “because he was white.” The X owner said it was the “first time I’ve heard of this.”
But former first minister Yousaf told the tycoon how it was Scots-Pakistani MP Mohammad Sarwar who secured the killers’ extradition.
Yousaf said: “Let me also be the first to tell you that it was a Scottish-Pakistani MP at the time, Mohammad Sarwar, who travelled to Pakistan to ensure Kriss Donald’s evil killers were extradited back to Scotland to face the full force of the law.”
Extremist groups have tried to capitalise on the brutal murder of 15-year-old Kriss on multiple occasions over the last two decades, despite his mum Angela’s plea for his death not to be treated as a political cause.
The story was widely reported by the Record and other Scottish newspapers at the time. We later revealed the details of how Mohammad Sarwar used his political connections with the Pakistani Government to ensure the murderers faced justice.
Four of the gang – Daanish Zahid, Imran “Baldy” Shahid, Zeeshan Shahid and Mohammed Faisal Mustaq – were found guilty of racially motivated murder and are serving life in prison.
Zahid Mohammed pleaded guilty to abduction, assault and lying to the police and served just two-and-a-half years.
After the murder three of the men had fled to a village near the town of Tobateksingh in Pakistan. But they did not realise that then-Glasgow Central MP Mohammad Sarwar hails from the town.
There was no extradition deal between the UK and Pakistan, but a one-off deal was agreed due to Mohammad Sarwar – father of current Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar.
Senior officers from Strathclyde Police said that without Mohammad Sarwar the killers would never have been brought back from Pakistan.
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