Debater comes clean over 'disco pic', dares Najib to follow

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Under fire for his anti-Najib stance, Asia’s top debater Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman today “came clean” over a picture of him apparently dancing in a club circulated online by his critics .
Syed Saddiq heads the youth group Challenger and was among the 45 signatories of the Citizens Declaration which among others called for Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s resignation.
“Yes, that is me in the picture. I’ve been to a discotheque. I won’t deny that.
“But I also want to stress that that picture was taken during the announcement of the sudden death round of the Asia debate competition.
“I’m not a clubbing/disco fiend as accused,” he said on his Facebook page.
“I have explained and came clean about my past. Would the prime minister do the same on 1MDB?” he asked.
He also uploaded an article by blog Suara TV titled ‘Netizens Terkejut Pendebat Terbaik Asia Kaki Disko’ (Netizens shocked Asia’s top debater is a clubbing fiend).

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The 23-year-old said such tactics to smear him would not deter him from his struggle.
“Threatening me with my personal life shows how desperate people can get to cling on to power,” he said.
Syed Saddiq said the picture only shows that he is a fallible human being and Muslim, but “the past does not define who I am today”.
“I am in the process to improve so I can be a better person in the future,” he said.


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