Najib to seek explanation over Samy Vellu's remark - NST

By : Hamidah Atan

PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Razak yesterday said he would ask MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu to explain his statement that if the government continued to ignore the Indian community, he would seek support from other countries.

Najib, who is Barisan Nasional deputy chairman and deputy prime minister, said he was not aware that the former works minister had come up with such a statement.

"I do not know. I will have to ask him what he meant by that. In terms of government policy, it is a fact that we have been giving fair and equal consideration to all races in the country.

"Whatever is needed by the Indian community, we are prepared and willing to consider it but all this must be done in the context of consensus under the BN."

Najib was asked about Samy Vellu's interview with an Internet news website, in which he said he would go overseas for aid, "if this government does not do anything".

Najib said the government was prepared to consider concerns raised by all races but not in the form of threats.

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