Rafizi slams PAS over Kedah 'neglected' claim, Chinese script issue
Published: Nov 25, 2025 4:05 PM
Updated: 8:07 PM
Former economy minister Rafizi Ramli has chastised PAS for its double standards and stoking the narrative that Putrajaya is sidelining Kedah, claiming that recent developments provide no basis for such claims.
In a Facebook post today, Rafizi said that the Kedah Rubber City project, valued at over RM2 billion and managed by a federal agency under the said ministry, is clear evidence that the PAS-governed state is not neglected.
“The very project they keep boasting about, Kedah Rubber City, is, in fact, proof that contradicts this claim.
“From the start, the project they pose in front of for a photo is the result of the federal government’s effort, planning, and financing.
“This is the biggest irony. Those who accuse the federal government of neglecting Kedah are also the quickest to trumpet the success of a project actually brought in and funded by the federal government,” he sarcastically said.
The Pandan MP said that the tyre manufacturing plant is managed by the Northern Corridor Implementation Authority (NCIA), which is an agency under the Economy Ministry.
An aerial view of Alor Setar, Kedah
“So when they again play up the sentiment that Kedah is being sidelined, ask them this: If Kedah is truly being neglected, where did billion-ringgit projects like this come from?” he added.
Rafizi also pointed out the irony of PAS doubling down on the use of Chinese script on the project’s foundation stone, when the party had previously posed itself as sentinels of the national language.
“The issue of Chinese script on the foundation stone is just the latest example.
“In their own turf, they come up with a thousand justifications (for their actions). Elsewhere, they suddenly become defenders of the language,” he jabbed.
Gesture of respect
Previously, Kedah state industry and investment executive councillor Haim Hilman Abdullah defended the use of Chinese writing on the foundation stone at Kedah Rubber City, citing that Bahasa Malaysia was still used in the speeches at the groundbreaking event during the ceremony.
Haim said the Chinese inscription on the foundation stone was intended as a gesture of respect for the identity of the foreign investors involved in the project.
“So when they again play up the sentiment that Kedah is being sidelined, ask them this: If Kedah is truly being neglected, where did billion-ringgit projects like this come from?” he added.
Rafizi also pointed out the irony of PAS doubling down on the use of Chinese script on the project’s foundation stone, when the party had previously posed itself as sentinels of the national language.
“The issue of Chinese script on the foundation stone is just the latest example.
“In their own turf, they come up with a thousand justifications (for their actions). Elsewhere, they suddenly become defenders of the language,” he jabbed.
Gesture of respect
Previously, Kedah state industry and investment executive councillor Haim Hilman Abdullah defended the use of Chinese writing on the foundation stone at Kedah Rubber City, citing that Bahasa Malaysia was still used in the speeches at the groundbreaking event during the ceremony.
Haim said the Chinese inscription on the foundation stone was intended as a gesture of respect for the identity of the foreign investors involved in the project.
Kedah MB Sanusi Nor
The stone came under scrutiny after a viral social media video showed Kedah Menteri Besar Sanusi Nor claiming that foreigners were seizing land in the state.
“Those who fight us, they come back from Taiwan, China, Singapore. They (these people) vote for Pakatan Harapan. They destroy us… colonise our land because they know how important this land is to control.
“Because we’re stupid, you’re stupid. This state has already been taken,” Sanusi said in the video.
The stone came under scrutiny after a viral social media video showed Kedah Menteri Besar Sanusi Nor claiming that foreigners were seizing land in the state.
“Those who fight us, they come back from Taiwan, China, Singapore. They (these people) vote for Pakatan Harapan. They destroy us… colonise our land because they know how important this land is to control.
“Because we’re stupid, you’re stupid. This state has already been taken,” Sanusi said in the video.
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