Nur Jazlan: Both of them are being childish

JOHOR BARU: The public debate between 1Malaysia Development Bhd president and the DAP national publicity secretary should be called off, says the Deputy Home Minister.

Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed, who is also the former chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, said the debate would damage the PAC’s integrity and credibility.

He said the taunting between 1MDB’s Arul Kanda Kandasamy and DAP’s Tony Pua, who is also a PAC member, was “childish”.

Nur Jazlan said the PAC was “a committee of Parliament at the highest level” and whatever was discussed there should stay within it.

“If this is being turned into a public debate, that will be demeaning to the PAC process and its investigation of 1MDB,” said Nur Jazlan.

“So, I am suggesting to Arul and Pua to stop all this,” he said.

He urged Arul and Pua to step back and let the PAC proceed as planned without interference.

In KUALA LUMPUR, Pua said he was pleased that Arul had accepted his challenge.

“I would like to thank him for his gentlemanly acceptance of the invite, without attaching any conditions,” he said in a press statement.

Pua said their respective teams would likely meet next week to work out the details of the event, such as the time and date.

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