While Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak was attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York, one of his Umno subordinates became annoyed about an opposition politician’s joke about the United Nations during a television talk show five years ago.

Cheras Umno chief Syed Ali Alhabshee slammed one of the the panellists on the show for allegedly slandering and sowing hatred against the government.

As checked by Malaysiakini , the panellist is DAP Taiping MP Nga Kor Ming.

When contacted, Nga rebutted that Syed Ali ( photo ) is “ignorant and incompetent” for bringing up the TV talk which occurred in 2010.

“His action proves that Umno is better put into a museum,” he said while defending his statement as truth.

“I urge Syed Ali use a mirror to reflect himself, why is Malaysia is going downwards?”

Nga added that compared to 2010, Malaysia is currently in dire straits, with the 1MDB and RM2.6 billion ‘donation’ scandals plaguing the nation.

“If I were the panelist again, I would ask, which prime minister is good in accepting donations? Which company does not have any business, yet had piled up RM50 billion in debt?” he asked, in an obvious reference to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and 1MDB.

Nga joked that the official television channels should invite opposition figure to boost their viewership.

“They ( TV3 and RTM ) did not invite us, so not many people watch it. If they want to boost viewership, they can ask people like me to talk.

“Not only will their viewership increase, the advertisements will sell better,” he quipped.

Syed Ali could not be reached by Malaysiakini for comment.