DAP bashing continued at the sidelines of the Umno meet, with the party’s Penang Youth deputy chief stating that a subtle plan seemed to have been hatched to drive out Malays from the state.

Jasmin Noordin was responding to DAP lawmaker  Zairil Khir Johari, who dismissed the claim of Malays being threatened in Penang as mere Umno propaganda.

However, the Umno Youth leader termed this as a wild allegation, aimed at creating a negative perception towards Umno.

Speaking to Umno Online , he said Zairil, who is the Bukit Bendera MP, should realise that a threat could be interpreted from various angles, such as house and property ownership.

“I want to ask Zairil, how many affordable homes were built by the DAP government for average income earners, the majority of whom are Malays?

“Since back then, the DAP government only knows how to provide lip service and promises. But until today, not a single affordable house has been built by the government,” he said.

“If this is the situation, I see the Malays in Penang being threatened because eventually they will have to move out from the state.

“It appears as if there is a subtle plan to chase out Malays from the state,” he added.

Jasmin also responded to Zairil’s claim that 70 percent of state government tenders were obtained by Malay contractors in Penang.

“Perhaps it is correct that many Malay contractors received state government tenders, but the question is whether the value of these contracts are balanced, where the amount is divided fairly

“Even if 70 percent of Malay contractors received government tenders as claimed by Zairil, what is the worth of all the contracts given to them?

“Are only the small jobs given to Malay contractors whereas mega-projects, though few in number, are monopolised by one race or certain quarters,” he said.

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