Chinese new villages, communism spark outrage in Dewan

PARLIAMENT | A shouting match erupted in the Dewan Rakyat today after a Perikatan Nasional lawmaker said classifying Chinese new villages as a Unesco World Heritage Site would only recognise the communist struggle.

Ismail Abdul Muttalib (PN-Maran) said this over Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming’s proposal to nominate Chinese new villages in Selangor as a Unesco World Heritage Site to recognise the cultural and historical significance of these settlements.