YOURSAY | ‘Kepong MP Tan asked a stupid question and got a stupid answer.’

Traders who hike prices don't believe in God, says minister

GE14Now!: Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism Minister Hamzah Zainuddin, perhaps you can help me with this one: would someone who believe in God and who claims to follow ethical practices take RM2.6 billion into his own personal bank account?

Here's another one, would a party that claims to be religious spend more than 16 times the election spending limit in the most recent elections?

Clongviews: Dr Tan Seng Giaw (DAP-Kepong) should have asked a straight forward question as the mere mention of God will entail so many godly answers.

Angel: Tan asked a stupid question and got a stupid answer.

Hang Babeuf: God enters the Malaysian economic debate. Surely we must pass this privileged information on to certain international politicians and global leaders.

And to the interests to whose tune they like to dance! “Those who disbelieve in God always raise prices,” minister tells Parliament. GST likewise included?

Slumdog: Hamzah, the fact that Najib introduced the GST at six percent, which has contributed to the increases in prices, meant that he, and the rest of the government ministers do not believe in God?

Hplooi: So God has now been co-opted in the propaganda war against the opposition?

Even more ominous, all blames for the ills of society (including price hike) are now laid on the door step of non-believers (in Umno code-speak, meaning the non-Malay, non-Muslims).

Anonymous 759201436321741: How idiotic can one gets. God must be stunned by the faithful using His name in vain.

Lest Hamzah forgot, for other communities, there is also the money God. Perhaps, he talked to the wrong audience.

Drngsc: What about those who misappropriate money and who has RM2.6 billion ‘donation’ in his personal account?

Does this type of people believe in God? You criticised the poor traders, who increased price by perhaps 50 sen. What about those who misappropriate RM42 billion?

Appum: Don't bring religion into your Umno administration, which is far from holy and religious.

Is corruption and the plundering the country approved by God? Is mismanagement of our one-time admired nation due to God?

Umno is nothing but one big hypocrite when it comes to ethics and religion. Please don't try to teach the rakyat about ethics, they are clearer in this concept than Umno people.

Since profiteering are those who don't believe in God, so massive corruption is a belief in God. Who is running this country - God or Umno?

Sacking and arresting people who question you about mismanagement and corruption is an ethical practice? What kind of ministers are we having?

No wonder we are slipping down the slope fast.

Anonymous 1890491455255851: Indeed, what has God got to do with this? Is this the best we can get from the representatives of this government?

Instead of making a substantive answer based on facts, he makes this sort of ridiculous statement.

P Dev Anand Pillai: This is the what we get when we vote in people who are just clueless on how to tackle economic issues like price woes.

But yet again, we Malaysians just look at the race and religion when we vote, so it will be best if we elect God as our leader in the next elections.

Bamboo: The monopoly enjoyed by the cronies, with maximising profits in mind, keep the prices of sugar, rice, and flour high. That's a fact. It's an act to milk the people and fatten their own wallets.

The failure to curb corruption and trim our bloated civil service keeps the government expenditure high, and the problem with the head of government who is mired in a 'donation' scandal keeps credibility low, thus weakened the ringgit, resulting in the prices of all things becoming higher.

In total sum, it's the failure of Umno-BN government.

Unafraid: While this is true, neither are those Umno politicians who are corrupted believe in God. Not only do these people not believe in God, they are a disgrace.

Every good and devout Muslim ought to cringe in shame at the hypocrisy of these Umnoputras. They are a lousy representation of their noble religion.

Spirit of Malaya: And it was God who decided to credit RM2.6 billion into Najib's personal account. Case closed and no more argument, please!

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