Rais reaps flak for 'sowing discord' at harvest festival


	Rais reaps flak for 'sowing discord' at harvest festival

walski69

6-15-2009 5:15 AM

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walski69 says:

Some UMNO politicians simply don't know when to keep their mouths shut.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a17a8a89-248d-4ac8-8e45-d7e5e3e795e1/A943DC02-C8E9-4270-A99E-34667FD02527/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/106494" href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/106494" style="font-size: 11px;">www.malaysiakini.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/106494">Information, Communication and Culture Minister Rais Yatim has come under fire in the local media for using a Tadau Ka'amatan visit in recent days to drum up support for Barisan Nasional at the expense of the goodwill generated for the harvest festival.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/106494">"His allegation that some people were sowing discord in Sabah and Sarawak and that this needs to be thwarted came at a bad time," said PKR deputy state chief Daniel John Jambun.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/106494">"He knew that we were in the festive month of Ka'amatan and yet he chose to come here and make such an ignorant remark. The people and all leaders, both from the government and  opposition were celebrating the season together in the spirit of joy, peace and togetherness.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/106494">"It was not an appropriate time to start throwing accusations. He can be accused of the very same thing when he uses words like 'sowing discord' and other terms like disharmony, disunity and making trouble," he added in a statement.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A943DC02-C8E9-4270-A99E-34667FD02527/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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