Zahid warns of oft-repeated opposition accusations, slander against BN

BAGAN DATUK: The oft-repeated opposition accusations and slander against the Barisan Nasional leadership have led many people to believe and be influenced by the fake news tarnishing the image of the government, said Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

The Deputy Prime Minister said these repeated spinning and recycling of the fake news by the opposition, along the lines of Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels during the Second World War, could make the fake news seep into the minds of the people.

“When something fake such as accusations and slander is repeated often, according to the theory of Goebbels, it will eventually penetrate the minds of the audience.

“This is what they (opposition) are doing, recycling issues and hurling all kinds of accusation,” he said at the ground-breaking for the Bagan Datuk Mara Junior Science College here yesterday.

Mara director-general Datuk Azhar Abdul Manaf was also present at the event.

Ahmad Zahid, who is likely to defend the Bagan Datuk parliamentary seat, said the approach of the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak ensured that every pledge in the last Barisan Nasional manifesto was fulfilled.

He said the government had taken into account all approaches, including the success of the implementation of previous pledges, before drawing up the BN manifesto for the 14th general election.