Sibu MP Oscar Ling stood by his statement that instead of going home to be with their families during Chinese New Year, Sarawakians should instead only fly home to vote in the coming 14th general election.

At a press conference last Saturday, Ling said that due to the cost of flight tickets, they could both reunite with their families and vote if they saved their return for GE14.

MCA Youth leaders had slammed the DAP lawmaker’s statement, because Ling was apparently implying that the coming polls should take precedence over family ties.

When contacted by Malaysiakini, Ling said he was not stopping Sarawakians from travelling home during Chinese New year, but was merely addressing the cost of flight tickets to Sarawak from Peninsular Malaysia...