Gerakan slams Pribumi leaders for 'hurting the economy'


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  • Monday, 23 Jan 2017

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KEPONG: Gerakan has lambasted Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia's (Pribumi) top leaders for playing political games that he said would harm the nation's economy.

"You can play politics but please don't play politics that hurt the country's bread and butter," Gerakan president Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong (pic) told a press conference after a Chinese New Year walkabout at Pasar Desa Jaya here on Monday.

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