Objection to Thirst concert gives Pakatan government a bad name, says DAP MP
(TMI) – PAS’s Seri Serdang assemblyman Noor Hanim Ismail was wrong in objecting to the Thirst 2015: We Are All Stardust concert sponsored by beer company Heineken, as the concert venue was not even in her constituency, said DAP lawmaker Dr Ong Kian Ming.
Her letter to the local authority to oppose the concert sent a day before it was scheduled to be held, and without checking the facts about the concert’s conditions, has also painted a negative image of the Pakatan Rakyat Selangor government, the Serdang MP added.
Ong said Noor Hanim should have discussed her views against the concert with him and Seri Kembangan assemblyman Ean Yong Hian Wah, as the venue at the Mines International Exhibition and Convention Centre (MIECC) was located in his seat.
Seri Kembangan and Seri Serdang are state seats under the Serdang parliamentary constituency.
“This concert was not under Seri Serdang but under the parliamentary seat of Serdang and the Seri Kembangan state seat.
“If Seri Serdang wanted to make objections, at the very least her office should have informed Seri Kembangan, who is also the Selangor exco for local government.
“She did not inform me and Ean Yong also confirmed that he was not informed of anything about the matter,” Ong said when contacted by The Malaysian Insider.
Noor Hanim should also have checked the terms and conditions imposed on the concert organiser as part of the entertainment permit issued by the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ), Ong added.
