ALOR SETAR, Jan 27 (Bernama) -- Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Mukhriz Tun Mahathir ticked off the opposition parties Thursday for refusing to recognise the successes of the government in attracting billions of ringgit in foreign investment.
He said the opposition parties had instead continued to discredit the government and harp on the issue of illicit financial outflows.
"How could they discredit the country. Are they qualified to lead the country?" he told reporters when asked to comment on the report by Global Financial Integrity, a Washington-based financial watchdog, which ranks Malaysia as among the countries which registered the highest illicit financial outflows over a period of nine years in the last decade.
He earlier met the Chinese community in Air Hitam in conjunction with the coming Chinese New Year.
He also ticked off Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, saying Lim had claimed credit for the RM12 billion investments by two American companies in Penang.
"We know that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and International Trade and Industry Minister (Datuk Mustapa Mohamed) had met with the two companies to bring them to invest in Malaysia," he said.
To a question, he described Parti Keadilan Rakyat deputy president Mohamed Azmin Ali as rude and ungrateful.
Mohamed Azmin, in speech when debating the Selangor state constitution amendment on Monday, had called Dr Mahathir "mamak bendahara" -- a term that refers to senior official in the old Malay kingdom.
-- BERNAMA
He said the opposition parties had instead continued to discredit the government and harp on the issue of illicit financial outflows.
"How could they discredit the country. Are they qualified to lead the country?" he told reporters when asked to comment on the report by Global Financial Integrity, a Washington-based financial watchdog, which ranks Malaysia as among the countries which registered the highest illicit financial outflows over a period of nine years in the last decade.
He earlier met the Chinese community in Air Hitam in conjunction with the coming Chinese New Year.
He also ticked off Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, saying Lim had claimed credit for the RM12 billion investments by two American companies in Penang.
"We know that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and International Trade and Industry Minister (Datuk Mustapa Mohamed) had met with the two companies to bring them to invest in Malaysia," he said.
To a question, he described Parti Keadilan Rakyat deputy president Mohamed Azmin Ali as rude and ungrateful.
Mohamed Azmin, in speech when debating the Selangor state constitution amendment on Monday, had called Dr Mahathir "mamak bendahara" -- a term that refers to senior official in the old Malay kingdom.
-- BERNAMA
