‘Zahid meant it as a joke’

PETALING JAYA: Rumours and attempts at character assassination in the run-up to the 15th General Election (GE15) are only to be expected, says MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong (pic).

However, he said any reasonable person who listened to Barisan Nasional chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi speech at the MIC general assembly on Oct 10 could clearly see the naming of Barisan component party leaders who were supposedly “in line for prosecution” was meant as a joke.