Selangor ruler scolds Zaid Ibrahim over tweets

Updated 6 years ago · Published on 7 Dec 2017 11:38AM · 5 Comments

Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah says he is disappointed with Zaid Ibrahim's comments with regard to the ruler's interview with The Star recently.– The Malaysian Insight file pic, December 7, 2017.

SULTAN Sharafuddin Idris Shah has taken former minister Zaid Ibrahim to task for telling the Selangor ruler to watch his words when criticising Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Utusan reported the sultan as telling Zaid, who is now with DAP, to “go back to Kelantan if he disagrees” and to help the people there.

“Don’t make a living in Selangor. I am disappointed with Zaid Ibrahim’s comments on Twitter with regard to my interview with The Star.

“I ask Zaid Ibrahim to read my statement carefully and get the facts right before opening his mouth,” Sultan Sharafuddin told the daily in an exclusive interview.

Zaid had tweeted that the Selangor ruler should be “careful with his words” and that “no one is immune when the country burns”, in relation to an interview the sultan gave to The Star, in which he described Dr Mahathir as an angry leader whose “anger would burn the whole country”.

Zaid also tweeted: “When some rulers play politics, they must know the consequences. Don’t think there’s no price for partisanship.”

Sultan Sharafuddin, in his interview with The Star, had taken aim at Dr Mahathir for referring to the Bugis community in his criticism of Prime Minister Najib Razak.

The ruler said Dr Mahathir “never apologises”, and that the Pakatan Harapan chairman had an “inferiority complex”.

“Zaid has always made untrue and inaccurate statements about me. Zaid is a politician and a former minister, and I know that even from before, he has always opposed the royal institution,” the ruler told Utusan.

He said Zaid should “not forget his roots” and should not seek to “destroy Malays”.

Zaid’s tweets about the sultan led to Sungai Besar Umno chief Jamal Md Yunos burning two cardboard cutouts of the former minister on the sidelines of the party’s annual general assembly yesterday. – December 7, 2017.

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Comments

  • This Sultan is mentally unsound.

    Posted 6 years ago by Bigjoe Lam · Reply

  • Let's hope this spate of argument will be over soon. Zaid is a true politician who knows how to keep house in order. We need him.

    Posted 6 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • Why cannot criticize the Sultan? Orang putih kata "no one is infallible". Because Cik Zaid disagrees with Sultan, the Sultan suruh dia balik tongsan (Kelantan). This is not quality debate, but macam towkay telling coolie to shut-up becoz I am always right.

    Posted 6 years ago by Ab meeda · Reply

  • So bitter

    Posted 6 years ago by White Rose · Reply

  • It is very unbecoming of the sultan to be embroiled in this sorry situation. He has diminished himself and the institution he represents. And how has this benefited the rakyat? I am on Zayd’s side on this one. We Malays need to get out from under the coconut shells, open our eyes and start asking questions.

    Posted 6 years ago by Noureddine Kassem · Reply