Selangor Umno Youth urges Kulasegaran to resign
Selangor Umno Youth yesterday urged Human Resource Minister M Kulasegaran to resign for allegedly making statements that can cause racial discord in the country.
“As a minister he must be careful in what he says. He should be focusing more on his work and raise the performance of his ministry,” Selangor Umno Youth chief Rizam Ismail told reporters before lodging a police report on the remarks by the DAP vice chairman at the Shah Alam police headquarters here.
He was accompanied by about 100 Selangor Umno Youth members. Similar police reports were lodged by Umno Youth in various other states.
Earlier yesterday, Kulasegaran had apologised for the comment he made during a speech in Nilai last week, which became the subject of controversy in the media.
He said the remark had been misconstrued to suggest that he had used the word ‘ pendatang’ (immigrant) with reference to people who would resent its application to them.
“I hereby unreservedly apologise for the hurt I may have caused and withdraw the offensive reference in that extemporaneous speech. Words are so chameleonlike, they often take on different meanings in different languages, like when I spoke in Tamil,” he said in a statement.
He pointed out that he had never been a controversial figure in racial and religious issues and pledged to defend the Federal Constitution.