PARLIAMENT Deputy Home Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar today apologised to all Sabahans if his remark to close down resorts off the Sabah east coast had offended them.

However, he insisted that his statement was misinterpreted by the media.

 

Speaking in Parliament today, Wan Junaidi took a moment to explain his remark after a fellow BN parliamentarian, Kalabakan's Abdul Ghapur Salleh, criticised Wan Junaidi for it.

 

"I said, if I could have it my way, I would close down all the resorts in the red zone area. But we cannot, because it is a key part of the tourism infrastructure.

"But the last part was omitted, only the first part was quoted," Wan Junaidi said.

 

"I have no problem, I apologise to all Sabahans, even though I was misrepresented," he added.

He also said that he did not take Abdul Ghapur’s suggestion “to heart” because the latter was his friend.

“I am not offended or angry,” he said.

This is not the first time in recent times that Wan Junaidi has caused controversy with his remarks.

On March 18, he said in Parliament that non-Malays are less sensitive to rape compared with the Malays, and this statement caused a furore and backlash against him.

On that occasion, he refused to apologise, despite admitting that his statement would have caused hurt to some communities if “taken out of context”.