MP'S ACTION SHOWS OPPOSITION'S CAUSE NOT ACCEPTED IN THE COUNTRY, SAYS MINISTER

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 (Bernama) -- Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said Member of Parliament from opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat, Nurul Izzah Anwar's criticism of Malaysia abroad proved that their struggles were not accepted in
this country.

Hishammuddin, who is also an Umno vice-president, said that after being given the chance to administer several states, the opposition pact clearly failed to win the hearts of the people to the extent that it had to go abroad to explain their struggles pertaining to national issues. Umno or United Malays National
Organisation, is a political party leading the ruling coalition Barisan
Nasional.

"If there are actually problems in this country, why the need to exaggerate them
on foreign soil...what is the purpose?

"Does it mean that their struggles in their own country have failed to the
extent that they have to go abroad to criticise their own country?" he said when
approached by reporters at a breaking of the fast and handing over of aid to
single mothers and orphans, here Monday night.

He was asked to comment on the action by Nurul Izzah, who is alleged to have
issued a statement that affected the country's image and integrity in an
interview with an Indonesian newspaper recently.

In the interview, Nurul Izzah is alleged to have spread false information on the
new economic policy and to belittle the capability of the country's submarines.
-- BERNAMA