Gerakan President Datuk Seri Dr. Lim Keng Yaik comes out stronger than usual today. Bernama headlines: “Do Not Blame Dr Koh If Penang Malays Are Backward, Says Dr Lim”
From the Star:
“But of course there are areas in Penang which are not developed. Part of the reason is that there are many Malays who don’t want their areas to be developed.
“If they don’t want to convert their padi land into an area to be developed, can you force them?”
Whether or not DS has a reputation for delicacy, this does seem a bit an extra abrasive choice of words. “Backwards”? Not wanting development? True or not true, I don’t know, but DS surely could have put it better. Will he find himself under fire for these comments?
DS Dr. Lim had also recently talked of naughty cowboys and eating all the udangs di sebalik batu. Pretty cowboy like behaviour itself, if you ask me. Gerakan secretary-general Datuk Seri Chia Kwang Chye echoes his sentiments, while the NST carries a somewhat milder version of DS Dr. Lim’s comments.
Flash: DS Chia has some longer thoughts on intra-BN politics of his own, in a story just published by malaysiakini. Maybe more analysis in a bit.
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