KOTA KINABALU: Sabah DAP Socialist Youth (Dapsy) chief Chan Loong Wei has criticised Umno Youth chief Akmal Salleh for leading a protest in Penang despite police advice against it.
Chan said the gathering outside a hardware store turned an honest mistake in displaying the national flag into a political act that risked creating division among Malaysians.
He lodged a report at Luyang police station on Friday, describing the move as political provocation, noting the shop owner had apologised yet the protest still went ahead.
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He stressed that Sabahans reject politics of intimidation and division, adding that Dapsy would continue to defend the state’s reputation for harmony and resist any attempt to import extremist politics.