KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 23 — Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar apologised today for not being out of Terengganu when severe floods have displaced thousands of the state’s residents.
According to the Malaysiakini news portal, Ahmad Samsuri tendered his apology in a press conference in Kemaman today, shortly after returning from New Zealand.
“I understand that whatever I say now, they will not mean anything.
“However, I just want to put it on record that I was monitoring the flood situation, and I decided to travel overseas when there were signs of the floods receding,” he was quoted as saying.
Ahmad Samsuri added that the flooding in the state worsened suddenly when he was already abroad.
Critics began calling out the Terengganu MB earlier in the week, after it emerged that he had travelled to Auckland with his family even as parts of the state were already flooding.
Floods have forced tens of thousands of Terengganu residents to seek shelter in hundreds of temporary relief centres in all eight districts of Kemaman, Besut, Dungun, Hulu Terengganu, Setiu, Kuala Nerus, Kuala Terengganu and Marang, according to the State Disaster Management Committee.
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