Education Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid slammed DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang for accusing the relevant ministers of neglecting their responsibilities on the missing Orang Asli children in Gua Musang, Kelantan.
He said the Gelang Patah MP is good at blaming others, but he himself is not doing anything to protect the interests of the Orang Asli.
"What does he do? Every day he gets angry at people but he doesn't do anything, we are the ones doing something. We know what we are doing.
"He has been a politician for a long time but he wants to get angry at people every day. This is not right. Enough… we know what we're doing," Mahdzir said after officiating the Hari Anugerah Cemerlang Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Pedu here, Sunday.
Mahdzir said Lim, throughout his 40 years as a parliamentarian, is only good at finding other people's fault to drive his own political interests.
Mahdzir said he immediately went to SK Tohoi in Gua Musang upon learning of the missing school childre last August.
The ministry had never neglected any school in terms of security, particularly to prevent such incidents from repeating, he said.
Lim on Sunday issued a statement calling for the government to suspend or charge with negligence those responsible for causing the case of the missing Orang Asli children on Aug 23.
He said he had assigned DAP national vice chairman Teresa Kok and DAP parliamentary spokesman for education, Zairil Khir Johari to highlight the case in Parliament when it reconvenes this Oct 19.
Seven Orang Asli students from SK Tohoi were reported missing after failing to return to their hostel for fear of being punished for bathing in a nearby river without permission.
Two of them, Miksudiari Aluj, 11, and Norieen Yaakob, 10, were found in a weak state by army personnel on Friday.
Adie Sufian Zulkefli
Sun Oct 11 2015
MAHDZIR: Throughout his 40 years as a parliamentarian, Kit Siang is only good at finding other people's fault to drive his own political interests.
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