Tsu Koon: Jangan Beri Muka Kepada Perkasa

Tsu Koon: "Jangan Beri Muka Kepada Perkasa"

KUALA LUMPUR 27 SEPT: Perkasa tidak harus dilimpahi publisiti meluas sebagaimana yang dinikmati pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) itu, kata Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon.

Seakan-akan mengiyakan kenyataan Menteri Di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz sebelum ini yang mengkritik Utusan Malaysia kerana memberi ruang besar kepada pimpinan Perkasa kebelakangan ini, Presiden Gerakan itu menyifatkan pertubuhan bukan kerajaan pimpinan Datuk Ibrahim Ali itu sebagai tidak penting dan tidak harus diberi muka serta tiada sebab untuk memberi ruang terlalu banyak.

"Namun, kita harus melihat pada sebab musabab masalah mereka yang boleh kita klasifikasikan sebagai sosio-ekonomi dan politik," katanya kepada wartawan selepas di National Unity Forum 2010 di Jakarta.

Perkasa should not be given so much publicity: Dr Koh

By NG CHENG YEE

KUALA LUMPUR: Malay rights group Perkasa should not be given the publicity that it has now been enjoying, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon.

He said the group was of no importance and that "we should not give them too much space and face."

"However, we should look at the root cause of their problems which are socio-economic and political in nature," he told reporters after giving his keynote address at the National Unity Forum 2010 here on Monday.

He said such voices had always existed in every society but they were not well articulated.

"When the society becomes more open, and with the development of technology and Internet, such groups have become well known," he said.- thestar