Tiff over Arabic term ends assembly sitting
Athi Veeranggan
Nov 20, 08
7:13pm
The final day of the Penang assembly sitting ended on a fiery note when Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng (DAP – Air Putih) and several opposition members had a heated exchange of words over the Arabic term Amar Ma'aruf Nahi Mungkar .

Lim was delivering his winding-up speech on the state's 2009 budget when Barisan Nasional's Shabudin Yahya (Umno – Permatang Berangan) chided him for misusing the Arabic term, a verse from Islamic holy book the Al Quran, for political gain.
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