Akmal challenges Woo to cut ties with Umno

UMNO Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh has dared his DAP counterpart Woo Kah Leong to ask his party to cut ties with Umno following the latter’s remark that the youth wings of DAP, Umno and MCA “walk different paths and cannot work together”.

In a Facebook post on Saturday, Akmal shared a screenshot of Woo’s remarks on China Press’s front page.

“I’m also asking the DAP Youth chief to inform your boss (party secretary-general Loke Siew Fook): tell them to cut ties with Umno immediately, don’t just talk. If it’s just talk, it’s useless!” the Merlimau assemblyman said.

Woo made the remarks at a mid-autumn festival event yesterday, saying that cooperation between the unity government component parties exists only at the federal level, not between party youth wings.

“For example, in the Perak state government, there are no MCA Youth or Umno Youth representatives.

“So naturally, we don’t need to engage deeply. Our paths are different, our ideals are not aligned, and our philosophies are not the same,” he was quoted as saying.

Commenting on calls from DAP Youth branches to cut ties with Akmal, Woo said such a move was necessary as the Chinese community had historically supported parties like MCA and Gerakan for staying silent when faced with “conservative extremists”.

“Now, when confronted with a figure like Akmal, we must take a clear stance so that the Chinese community knows where DAP Youth stands,” the Pasir Bedamar assemblyman said.

“Our call is simple: we must cut ties with extreme conservative figures. When someone poses a threat to a multiracial society, we cannot sit back and do nothing.”

 

Dr Akmal cabar Woo putuskan hubungan

KETUA Pemuda Datuk Dr Akmal Saleh mencabar rakan sejawatnya dari DAP, Woo Kah Leong agar memutuskan hubungan dengan UMNO berikutan kenyataan ketua pemuda DAP itu bahawa partinya, UMNO dan MCA ‘tidak sekata dan mempunyai haluan berbeza’.
Dalam catatan di Facebooknya Sabtu lalu, Akmal turut menyiarkan keyataan Woo di sebuah akhbar berbahasa Cina.

“Saya cabar ketua pemuda DAP agar memberitahu bosnya (setiausaha agung Loke Siew Fook) agar memutuskan hubungan dengan UMNO segera. Kalau setakat cakap kosong, baik tak payah,” kata Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri kawasan Merlimau itu.

Woo membuat kenyataan itu di satu majlis Jumaat lalu dengan berkata bahawa kerjasama di antara parti dalam Kerajaan Perpaduan hanya wujud di peringkat Persekutuan tetapi tidak di peringkat pemuda.

 

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