Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin and former Perkasa vice president Datuk Zulkifli Noordin have found themselves in a heated exchange of vitriol over Zulkifli’s Twitter comment on the death of opposition leader Karpal Singh.
The conflict between the two politicians arose after Zulkifli tweeted what was considered an insensitive remark shortly after the news broke out of Karpal Singh’s passing:
The tweet was met with Khairy’s rebuke a few hours later:
Khairy said Zulkifli’s act does not reflect the true character of a Muslim nor a Malaysian, and that he was ashamed by it.
Bernama reports Khairy as saying, “Any statement that politicises his (Karpal Singh’s) demise in a very tasteless manner, done by Zulkifli Noordin does not reflect the Malaysian character or Muslim people at all.
“I am ashamed of this person and I am ashamed he contested for Barisan Nasional at the last election and we should never ever field him again as a candidate.”
Zulkifli was fielded as a Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for the Shah Alam parliamentary seat during last year’s 13th General Elections. He lost to Khalid Samad of PAS.
In response, Zulkifli returned to Twitter to shoot off several dismissals of the Youth and Sports Minister:
Khairy came back with this rejoinder:
