Who is Noh Omar, asks Azmin as SIS issue hots up
Hasbullah Awang Chik, The Malaysian Insider
Selangor Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali today avoided questions related to the controversy surrounding the state religious authority’s edict on Sisters In Islam (SIS), and Umno’s claim that he is a “show-off” for trying to resolve the matter.
“Who? (Datuk Seri) Noh Omar? Is he still around?
“I think you better ask (Tun) Dr Mahathir (Mohamad) who Noh Omar really is,” he said when asked to comment on the Selangor Umno liaison chief claim that he was trying to “show off” for suggesting SIS to meet with Mais to resolve the issue.
Mais had on July 17 gazetted the Religious Fatwa on Liberalism and Pluralism Ideologies and declared the non-governmental organisation as subscribing to the deviant ideologies of liberalism and pluralism.
Noh pointed out that there was no need for Mais to meet with SIS as the NGO had filed a judicial review over the fatwa.
Azmin, who was atttending Unisel’s convocation ceremony in Bestari Jaya today refuses to acknowledge Noh’s remark just as he had done to former MB Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim’s special officer Faekah Husin early last month for attacking his administration.
“Faekah? Who is Faekah? I do not know,” he had said then after Faekah questioned PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s position as the state’s economic adviser.
