Asyraf sorry for 'communist' jibe, but wants apology for 'Taliban' claim
Umno Youth chief Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki has apologised for claiming that Teluk Intan MP Nga Kor Ming was a relative of the late Communist Party of Malaya leader Chin Peng.
However, Asyraf is demanding an apology in turn from Nga for claiming the country would become like Afghanistan under Taliban rule if the Umno-PAS alliance were to come into power.
"Okay, I apologise for saying YB (Nga) is a nephew of Chin Peng.
"But YB should also apologise to Malaysians for likening the country to Afghanistan if Umno-PAS were to rule the country," he said in a Twitter response.
Nga had complained in a tweet about Asyraf's accusation, and gave him 24 hours to apologise.
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The DAP lawmaker had employed the Taliban analogy during a ceramah in Taiping last Friday.
HIs remark, which was reported by the Chinese-language press, was later picked up by Malay-language news outlets.
This prompted Asyraf to criticise Nga on Facebook, who said the comment only reflected DAP's true attitude which was based on "deep racism."
He has since amended the posting to omit references of Nga as Chin Peng's nephew.
Ashaf is a genius, DAP should thank him for promoting taliban. Klepto taliban party. If you want to sell books like satanic verses ban and burn it. The Book is a boring read lol. Instead it made Salman a multimillionaire in hiding for a few years.
PAS said Dap communist Dap said pas taliban.. Haha
What’s wrong with saying Malaysia will turn into Taliban? It’s the truth, going by the kind of toxic bigotry Hadi Awang has been spewing about non-Muslims being a second class citizen, being merely and barely tolerated. Is UMNO saying they can control PAS? They are the one who’s desperate to court PAS. Nga need not apologise. There’s nothing racist about what he said. He would not have called UMNO a Taliban when BN was intact and multi-racial.
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