Sng throws down the gauntlet to Masing

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BIG CROWD?: The crowd at the SWP function. (INSET: Datuk Sng Chee Hua)

 

KUCHING: Sarawak Workers Party (SWP) prime mover Datuk Sng Chee Hua yesterday challenged PRS president Dato Sri Dr James Masing to contest in the coming 13th general election.

“This is my open invitation to him, and let the people be the judge. It doesn’t bring any benefit to the people if we keep on pointing fingers at each other,” he said when responding to ‘There’s a fox in chicken feathers at SWP’ article published in thesundaypost.

The article quoted Masing as describing a certain leader in SWP as a ‘munsang berbulu manok’ all out to destroy Dayak unity, especially in PRS.

Sng loyalist Josephine Mawat, who also commented on the issue, brushed it aside as a baseless allegation.

She claimed that leaders of SWP who are currently elected representatives or former elected representatives had an impeccable track record in serving the people.

“Our leaders never have any ulterior motive in becoming YB (Yang Berhormat) nor do we pursue our personal interest after being elected as one.”

In his immediate response, Masing declined to comment on the challenge issued by Sng.

Masing is currently Baleh assemblyman and also Minister of Land Development.

SWP, which claimed to be BN-friendly, has announced it would field candidates in all the six seats currently held by PRS.

The seats are Sri Aman, Lubok Antu, Julau, Selangau, Kanowit and Hulu Rajang.

Meanwhile, SWP claimed that a crowd of over 3,500 people thronged the 21-door Rumah Sylvester Jelian in Selangau last Saturday night at a pre-Gawai function.

Munan Laja, one of Sng’s loyalists, called on the people in Selangau to give the party a chance to prove itself in representing the people.

Also present were Sng, SWP protem deputy president George Lagong and Josephine Mawat.