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• Guan Eng upset with Zulkifli over racist remark

KUALA LUMPUR: Kulim-Bandar Baru MP Zulkifli Nordin could be off the hook from his party over his barging into the Bar Council forum on conversion to Islam.

He told reporters in Parliament House that PKR adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim understood his actions and had summoned him to campaign in the Permatang Pauh by-election.

“I met party whip Azmin Ali on Monday in Parliament and he asked me about the Bar Council incident.

“I explained to him then that I was at the forum in my capacity as an exco member of Pertubuhan Peguam Pembela Islam (Organisation of Lawyers Defending Islam) and not as a PKR Member of Parliament.

In a related development, Zulkifli’s brush with Bukit Mertajam MP Chong Eng in Parliament seemed to have tapered off when Chong Eng greeted him using “YB” (Yang Berhormat) and Zulkifli responded with a salute.

Chong Eng told reporters that the clash was “a personal disagreement.”

Guan Eng upset with Zulkifli over racist remark

The quarrel between fellow Pakatan Rakyat MPs over the Bar Council “Conversion to Islam” forum continued with DAP party boss Lim Guan Eng wading in to slam Kulim-Bandar Baru MP Zulkifli Nordin.

Lim told reporters at the Parliament lobby that he was disappointed with the remarks made by Zulkifli.

The DAP secretary-general was referring to the clash between Chong Eng (DAP – Bukit Mertajam) and Zulkifli in the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday,

In the disagreement between Chong Eng and Zulkifli on the forum, the PKR MP had called Chong Eng “racist” and “anti-Islam.”

Lim said he knew for a fact that Chong Eng was not racist as her husband was an Indian and that she was extremely popular with Malay voters in her constituency.

“I am disappointed with Zulkifli. I would expect such a statement not to have come from him – a PKR member – but from Umno,” he said.

Lim said it was up to PKR to discipline Zulkifli.

Chong Eng told reporters that the clash was “a personal disagreement.”

“Zulkifli has the right to say his piece but he shouldn’t have called me racist and anti-Islam. I leave it to his own party PKR to decide what to do with him,” she said.

However, Zulkifli could get off the hook from his party over his barging into the Bar Council forum.

He told reporters in Parliament House that PKR adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim understood his actions and had summoned him to campaign in the Permatang Pauh by-election.

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