Najib: Let’s put keris issue to rest - The Star

PEKAN: Umno hopes the issue of party Youth chief Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein wielding the keris will now be put to rest after his apology.

Umno deputy president Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said Hishammuddin's apology was something great and noble.

Najib was speaking to reporters after launching Al Taqwa Mosque's new water distillation tank and dispensers in Peramu Jaya near here yesterday.

On Friday, Hishammuddin admitted that the raising of the keris during the wing's annual assemblies was among the causes of the Barisan Nasional’s poor performance in the general election and apologised to the non-Malays over the incidents.

He also apologised to the Malays for failing to uphold a symbol of their heritage.

Najib reiterated that the unsheathing of the keris did not signal an intention to declare war or bear any racial overtones.

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