PAS Youth chief calls out Nga over criticism of Hamas-inspired costume at school

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PAS Youth chief Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamudden questions why Chinese vernacular schoolchildren are allowed to wear costumes with replicas of weapons while Hamas-inspired costumes worn during Palestine Solidarity Week are considered extreme.  At the media room in the Parliament building on Wednesday (Nov 1), the Alor Setar MP also called out Cabinet member Nga Kor Ming, and demanded the Local Government Development Minister explain himself as he claimed that Nga’s statement was against Malaysia’s stance of not recognising Hamas as terrorists, unlike several other countries.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/mwes9s6u  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 The purpose of this media conference is to inform the media

00:04 I have sent a question to the Minister of Education to ask for an explanation from the Minister

00:17 about the issue that has been a question from netizens for the past week

00:25 about the guidance to hold the solidarity campaign at school

00:32 The question is on issue number 6

00:36 which is to make the campaign balanced

00:43 not only to one side

00:48 In this week of Palestine solidarity, our stance is clear

00:55 to support and support the struggle of the people of Palestine

00:59 while the other side is Israel, Palestine against Israel

01:04 If the image is to be balanced

01:08 should the school or students also show the image of Zionist Israel?

01:15 Is that what it means?

01:18 I think the purpose of this week of Palestine solidarity is to support Palestine

01:24 not to support both sides

01:27 If we support both sides, there is no meaning and no firm stance from us

01:32 That's one

01:34 I hope the Minister will choose my question to be answered in tomorrow's MQT

01:45 The second is related to the same thing

01:49 I also found in social media that the question raised by the owner of the account named Ahmad Haris

02:01 He claimed that the school has received instructions

02:06 that the teacher is not allowed to recite the Quran

02:12 and not allowed to wear the flag of Palestine

02:16 This is his claim

02:18 One instruction was issued via WhatsApp

02:21 and he took it from Facebook

02:27 Mr. Muhammad Fadli Saleh

02:30 I just quote what they wrote

02:34 and I also want to ask for an explanation from the Minister

02:38 Is it true that this is not allowed in the Palestine solidarity campaign?

02:43 I ask the Minister to answer tomorrow

02:46 The third and last one is related to the same issue

02:51 There was a statement from a leader of the DAP, the Minister of Communication, KPKT

03:05 He brought this picture and gave a message

03:10 "School is not a place for conflict, understanding of extremism and violence"

03:16 This picture was posted

03:18 Does it refer to this clothing?

03:23 If it refers to the clothing that shows violence

03:27 What about the other events that took place at the school?

03:32 The SJKC Gunung Hijau

03:34 The cosplay clothing

03:36 The clothes like this

03:38 There are other clothes that are shown a lot

03:42 In SJKC Johor Jaya

03:44 There are replicas of weapons

03:49 and war-like clothing

03:52 This is a replica of a hero from Japan, a samurai

03:58 We never question this and never refer to violence

04:04 But when he started

04:07 When we wear clothes like the clothes of the Hamas fighters

04:13 He said that it was violence

04:16 What did he want to say?

04:19 Did he want to say that the Hamas fighters are violent?

04:23 He was confused by what the Minister said in his answer yesterday

04:28 The Malaysian government said that Hamas is not a violent group

04:33 So why did the Minister say that Hamas is not a violent group?

04:37 But the Minister in the same cabinet said that wearing clothes like Hamas is a violence

04:43 Why are there two different statements?

04:45 Is the government not in agreement on this issue?

04:48 I believe that teachers teach their students to wear costumes or cosplay like this

04:57 Including on Independence Day

05:00 Clothes like the army, holding weapons, toys

05:03 Not to show violence

05:05 But to show love to the country

05:08 Showing sympathy to the oppressed Palestinians

05:13 Because Palestine is not a religious issue

05:15 It is not a religious issue

05:17 It is a human issue

05:19 There are also Christians in Gaza who also oppose the action of Israel

05:25 They are not Muslims

05:27 So I think this kind of understanding should be corrected

05:31 As a minister who sits in the cabinet

05:34 You cannot give a wrong understanding and wrong perception to the people

05:39 And what's more, the understanding is contrary to the government's education

05:44 According to the statement of the Minister

05:46 So I state here

05:48 I ask that all of this can be explained in the public hearing tomorrow

05:53 At the MQT session by the Minister of Education

05:56 Even if he chooses my question to answer

06:00 Thank you

06:02 (The meeting is adjourned)

06:05 (The meeting is adjourned)

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