Stop comparing Penang to Palestine, urges group

A pro-Palestine group has urged parties to stop comparing the situation of Malays in Penang to the plight of Palestinians.

“The statement is not only wrong historically, but it is also hazardous because it underestimates the cruelty that has happened to the Palestinians for more than seven decades and continues to this day,” Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Malaysia (BDS Malaysia) said in a statement today.

While the statement does not name...