If what transpired at a primary school in Putrajaya this morning had occurred between 1957 and 2009, the minister responsible would have been sacked, according to Lim Kit Siang.

The DAP veteran claimed that the previous five prime ministers would not have tolerated such a brazen act.

However, in the case of Federal Territories Minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, Lim claimed that he would probably be hailed by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak for having made a “major breakthrough in these parlous times for Umno and BN.”

The opposition leader also argued that the school incident is another example which emphasised the need for the BN government to be replaced.

“A government which has lost the ability to differentiate between right and wrong has forfeited the right to be the government of Malaysia – and this is why the Umno/BN coalition must be replaced by the Pakatan Harapan coalition before Malaysians suffer more shame, indignity, infamy and ignominy...