Rafidah: Don’t let one irrelevant foreigner divide us


PETALING JAYA: Malaysians must not allow the opinion of “one irrelevant foreigner” divide the country, says Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz (pic).

Commenting on the storm created by Muslim preacher Dr Zakir Naik, the former international trade and industry minister said yesterday: “I urge Malaysians not to allow extraneous matters to cause friction among us. No one should try to make political capital out of such an issue.

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