Khairy slams Sarawak DAP leader

(Bernama) – Umno Youth strongly condemned Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen who allegedly claimed in a statement to the Borneo Post on Monday that rampant shooting cases in the country are part of the drama by the Barisan Nasional.

“Umno Youth strongly condemns Chong’s dirty political statement and hopes it will open up the eyes of the people on the quality of thinking and political struggles of the opposition leaders,” said movement head Khairy Jamaluddin on Wednesday.

Chong had claimed that the murder cases involving firearms were allowed to spread to enable the Barisan government to formulate a new law to replace the Emergency Ordinance (EO).

Commenting further, Khairy said Umno Youth had also lodged a police report against Chong so that legal action could be taken against him.

Meanwhile in KUCHING, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Nancy Shukri also criticised Chong, saying that his statement was irresponsible.

 “It was so irresponsible of Chong to make such statements. As a responsible government, we are working very hard to ensure peace and stability in the country, perhaps it is also a strategy to divert people’s attention from their political crises,” she said.

Nancy said everyone should work together in tackling criminal cases instead of pointing fingers at others.

“We should work together to monitor serious crimes and make sure the situation does not worsen,” she said.