{"id":17786,"date":"2020-12-02T16:45:18","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T08:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/?p=17786"},"modified":"2020-12-02T17:43:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T09:43:07","slug":"is-pas-mp-for-pasir-puteh-suggesting-malaysia-cut-off-diplomatic-ties-with-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/is-pas-mp-for-pasir-puteh-suggesting-malaysia-cut-off-diplomatic-ties-with-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Is PAS MP for Pasir Puteh suggesting Malaysia cut off diplomatic ties with the US?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DAP-011220-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DAP-011220-07.jpg 601w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DAP-011220-07-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DAP-011220-07-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DAP-011220-07-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DAP-011220-07-465x465.jpg 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Press Statement<br>2nd December 2020<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DAP expressly condemns the statement made by Government MP for Pasir Puteh Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh (PAS), urging the government to declare the US as a terrorist country. While we condemn acts of violence, we must remain objective and judicious. We must seriously consider the ramifications of these emotional outbursts inside the walls of Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States of America and Malaysia sit as members of both the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), alongside several trade agreements which are mutually beneficial to both countries. Calling the US a terrorist country, unsubstantiated as it may be and done irrationally, may cause irreparable damage to our economy at a time when we are battling a global pandemic and economic crisis. By labelling the US as a terrorist country, is Pasir Puteh suggesting to cut off diplomatic ties between our countries?&nbsp; Does he understand what this means not only for our economy but also for thousands of Malaysians living there or who have families in the US?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"784\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/messed-up-dude.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/messed-up-dude.png 784w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/messed-up-dude-300x291.png 300w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/messed-up-dude-768x744.png 768w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/messed-up-dude-465x451.png 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Pasir Puteh needs to be aware that his instigating words as an MP and as PAS Dewan Ulama Chief, can have detrimental effects to the country. At a critical time like this, perhaps it is wise to think of the Malaysians who have lost their livelihoods before putting the stability of our economy at further risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/unemployment.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/unemployment.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/unemployment-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/unemployment-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/unemployment-465x266.jpg 465w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/unemployment-960x548.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, we urge the Foreign Ministry to reprimand this PAS MP and repudiate his deviant foreign policy views towards our second largest trading partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Teo Nie Ching<\/strong><br>DAP International Secretary<br>MP for Kulai<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Statement2nd December 2020 DAP expressly condemns the statement made by Government MP for Pasir Puteh Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh (PAS), urging the government to declare the US as a terrorist country. While we condemn acts of violence, we must remain objective and judicious. We must seriously consider the ramifications of these emotional outbursts inside [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,531,274],"tags":[215,64,788,147,1143],"class_list":["post-17786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current","category-featured","category-national","tag-economy","tag-pas","tag-pasir-puteh","tag-teo-nie-ching","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17786"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17797,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17786\/revisions\/17797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}