Perak Umno Youth Sees Khalid As DAP Puppet

IPOH, Aug 13 (Bernama) -- Perak Umno Youth regards Selangor Menteri Besar as a puppet to the DAP for suggesting that Universiti Teknologi Mara's (UiTM) student intake be opened to non-Bumiputeras.
Its chief Zainol Fadzi Paharuddin said the suggestion made by Khalid was actually the voice of the DAP which championed the "Malaysian Malaysia" concept.
"What we have been worried about has happened when such a suggestion had come from a Malay leader without the DAP having to voice it," he told Bernama here Wednesday.
He said this happened because the Malay leaders (in the Pakatan Rakyat) were puppets, like what was happening in Perak, because there were the de facto Menteris Besar behind them.
"Ultimately, the Malays and other Bumiputeras become the victims. The suggestion which sounded more like coming from the DAP was politically motivated and has hurt the feelings of the Malays," he added.
Zainol Fadzi said Perak Umno Youth supported the action taken by UiTM students to hold a protest march to deliver a memorandum on the matter to the Selangor Menteri Besar Tuesday.
"We are proud of their realisation and response in defending their vital institution, which is the pride of the Malays and other Bumiputeras," he said.
Parit Umno division chief Datuk Mohd Zaim Abu Hasan said the statement made by Khalid was a political game of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) to gain the support of non-Malays.
"It is clear that such a suggestion will not be accepted by the Malays and other Bumiputeras but it was made for a political reason," he said.
Mohd Zaim lauded the Higher Education Ministry and UiTM management for defending the university's student intake policy.
Khalid had on Sunday suggested that UiTM allocate 10 percent of its intake to Bumiputera and foreign students to improve academic quality and raise competition among its students.


tunku : zainol fadzi need not see a puppet that is far away, there is a puppet in his own state too, nizar. this puppet is very loyal to their master.they will obey anything the master ask them to do.