Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said Lembah Pantai Member of Parliament from Parti Keadilan Rakyat, Nurul Izzah Anwar’s criticism of Malaysia abroad proved that their struggles were not accepted in this country.
Hishammuddin, who is also an Umno vice-president, said that after being given the chance to administer several states, the opposition pact clearly failed to win the hearts of the people to the extent that it had to go abroad to explain their struggles pertaining to national issues.
“If there are actually problems in this country, why the need to exaggerate them on foreign soil...what is the purpose?
“Does it mean that their struggles in their own country have failed to the extent that they have to go abroad to criticise their own country?” he said when approached by reporters at a breaking of the fast and handing over of aid to single mothers and orphans, here last night.
He was asked to comment on the action by Nurul Izzah, who is alleged to have issued a statement that affected the country’s image and integrity in an interview with an Indonesian newspaper recently.
In the interview, Nurul Izzah is alleged to have spread false information on the new economic policy and to belittle the capability of the country’s submarines.
Meanwhile on another development, Hishammuddin said police had obtained several leads on the incident where crackers stored in an abandoned house exploded in Kampung Makam Lama, Chabang Tiga, Terengganu.
He said Terengganu Police Chief Datuk Mohd Shukri Dahlan had informed him that the police had gathered several leads on the case.
In the incident at about 12.30pm yesterday, Khairul Arif Ayob, 6, died after the force of the explosion threw him onto a 15-metre tall tree and suffered serious head injuries.
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YB Lembah Pantai has never bad-mouthed the country anywhere, either locally or abroad! However, I think she has regularly bad-mouthed leaders of UMNO/BN on those occasions that those leaders deserved them! Hey, this is different from talking bad about Malaysia! The people who really insult the country are those who are corrupted and who are milking the country dry to enrich themselves and their cronies!
So Nuzzul may be accused of badmouthing the nation abroad, but each time Najib, Muyhiddin, Hishammuddin, Rais Yatim and the likes open their mouths, whether at home or abroad, they show the world how far Malaysia has fallen in terms of the quality of its institutions and political leadership. They show a nation lacking in vision, excellence, character, teamwork, organisation and respect for its peoples and their cultures. I don't think its too difficult to figure out which is worse - to badmouth the nation abroad because there are fundamental evils and weaknesses in its political leadership and governance, or to make the nation sound bad every time UMNO leaders open their big mouth, either their own mouths or the mouths of their mouthpieces in the form of Perkasa, Utusan Melayu and the likes.
Is it worse to badmouth the nation for legitimate reasons or to merely open your big mouth and make the nation sound really bad?! I think Najib, Muyhiddin, Hishammuddin, Rais Yatim and the likes are worse as the mere opening of their mouths makes the nation sound like the failed state that it will soon become if they keep opening their mouths!
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