Teresa doesn’t deserve
facing police probe, says
Zaid
Zaid Ibrahim says the halal issue could be resolved with common sense and a civil discussion, but DAP had thrown her ‘under the bus’.
by DAP.thrown under the bus
Zaid said Kok, who is MP for Seputeh and DAP vice-chairman, had brought up a matter of public interest that could quickly be resolved with common sense.
Kok should not be dismissed as a troublemaker, he said.
He urged Muslim leaders not to be emotional when a non-Muslim leader raises a matter like halal food certification.
Zaid said in an online posting.That issue might have crossed the line. Have a discussion, a civil one,
Zaid, a former DAP member, also accused DAP secretary-general Loke Siew Fook of offering “meek support” by stating that Kok was merely doing her job as an MP.
He questioned what other ministers from DAP were doing about the matter, adding that they were
.loyal followers who could do nothing more than keep quiet
Zaid said.Simply put, Teresa is now thrown under the bus,
Kok had called for a review of a proposed rule to require halal certificates for food establishments that do not serve pork and alcohol. She said the rule would be a burden for small traders.
Earlier today, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim who is also Pakatan Harapan chairman said she should have gone “through the proper channels” and that her remarks were unnecessary and only complicated the issue.
Kok defended her remarks saying she could not raise her views through internal channels because the matter had been raised at a public forum by religious affairs minister Na’im Mokhtar, who had not sought the views of MPs.
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