Communication and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak has commended DAP lawmaker Lim Lip Eng for retracting the crude remarks he hurled in Parliament.

“It is good that Lip Eng has decided to retract his remarks. I must commend him for doing so, instead of defending the indefensible,” he told Malaysiakini.

Salleh also said that MPs and state assemblypersons must keep their emotions in check, and not get carried away during proceedings.

“We must always maintain decorum. Only then can we have civil exchanges instead of mudslinging and hurling insults at each other,” he said.