DAP says it's not enough that the Cabinet 'understands' MCA's unhappiness with the 'boycott Chinese traders' remark.
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PETALING JAYA: MCA President Liow Tiong Lai says he has conveyed to the Cabinet his party’s unhappiness over Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s “boycott Chinese traders” remark, but that’s not good enough for the DAP.
DAP’s publicity office today told Liow and his deputy, Wee Ka Siong, to quit their Cabinet positions for failing to demand the resignation of the Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry.
Liow said in a media statement that he had “conveyed the MCA stance on this issue to the Cabinet, and it has been agreed that such comments polarise the community and should cease immediately.
“The stance of MCA as part of Barisan Nasional, a large multiracial coalition, is to uphold the values of our founding fathers and we reject any extreme remarks that could assault the unity of our country.
“The Cabinet understands MCA’s stand on this.”
Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching, in a press statement released this afternoon in her capacity as DAP’s assistant publicity chief, recalled that Liow had publicly vowed to seek justice for Chinese traders.
“According to him, the MCA presidential council unanimously passed a motion to condemn Ismail Sabri’s boycott call because it instigated racial hatred and damaged race relations,” she said.
“However, according to the Defence Minister, the Cabinet did not ask Ismail Sabri to retract his statement nor did MCA ministers ask Ismail Sabri to resign.”
She alleged that MCA was good only at “kowtowing to the big bully, Umno.”
To save their dignity, if they still have any, Liow Tiong Lai and Wee Ka Siong should resign from their Cabinet positions immediately or else stop claiming that they are representing the Chinese community in Malaysia because the Chinese community does not need this type of two-faced leaders.”
Liow is Transport Minister and Wee is one of the ministers in the Prime Ministers Department.
FMTPETALING JAYA: MCA President Liow Tiong Lai says he has conveyed to the Cabinet his party’s unhappiness over Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s “boycott Chinese traders” remark, but that’s not good enough for the DAP.
DAP’s publicity office today told Liow and his deputy, Wee Ka Siong, to quit their Cabinet positions for failing to demand the resignation of the Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry.
Liow said in a media statement that he had “conveyed the MCA stance on this issue to the Cabinet, and it has been agreed that such comments polarise the community and should cease immediately.
“The stance of MCA as part of Barisan Nasional, a large multiracial coalition, is to uphold the values of our founding fathers and we reject any extreme remarks that could assault the unity of our country.
“The Cabinet understands MCA’s stand on this.”
Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching, in a press statement released this afternoon in her capacity as DAP’s assistant publicity chief, recalled that Liow had publicly vowed to seek justice for Chinese traders.
“According to him, the MCA presidential council unanimously passed a motion to condemn Ismail Sabri’s boycott call because it instigated racial hatred and damaged race relations,” she said.
“However, according to the Defence Minister, the Cabinet did not ask Ismail Sabri to retract his statement nor did MCA ministers ask Ismail Sabri to resign.”
She alleged that MCA was good only at “kowtowing to the big bully, Umno.”
To save their dignity, if they still have any, Liow Tiong Lai and Wee Ka Siong should resign from their Cabinet positions immediately or else stop claiming that they are representing the Chinese community in Malaysia because the Chinese community does not need this type of two-faced leaders.”
Liow is Transport Minister and Wee is one of the ministers in the Prime Ministers Department.
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