KUALA LUMPUR: Umno has denied a report by a news portal which claimed that Barisan Nasional (BN) had been suspended temporarily to allow space for its component parties to look into the possibility of other political cooperation.
Umno secretary-general Tan Sri Annuar Musa deemed the report by the portal as being unethical and added that it’s journalists should have checked with him on the truth of such a claim.
“News (BN to be suspended temporarily) is not true, as there was no such decision. BN had never been suspended. This is the problem with news such as this. What is its objective, why run such a news that BN was suspended. When was BN suspended, “ he asked.
“Please do not quote my name. This is not ethical. You interviewed me and then you wrote the story, this is not fair. You should have looked at the whole context but you took that which was outside its context,” he told the NSTP.
Annuar explained that the interview with the portal involved the issue of MCA using its own logo in the Balakong by-election, instead of using the BN logo.
The Ketereh member of Parliament added that the interview did not touch on BN being suspended.
“If there are some things which are not clear, there is a need to clarify with me. This is not a small matter.
“Firstly, I am not BN secretary-general and secondly, BN involved other parties. How can I issue a statement that BN was suspended without the knowledge of other BN members.
“People will say that I have gone crazy. Was the Umno secretary-general not aware of his responsibility? This is not good. BN being suspended is not true. If BN was suspended, it is a big story. Please check beforehand,” he said.