No opportunity to raise halal cert views via internal channels - Teresa

Editor's note: The headline and first three paragraphs of this article have been amended to better reflect Kok's remarks.

In defending her views over the halal certification issue, Seputeh MP Teresa Kok reiterated that she had no opportunity to bring the matter through internal channels as Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim suggested.

“It’s because the earlier statement from Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Islamic Affairs) Mohd Na’im Mokhtar had already courted displeasure from several quarters.

“That is why if you look at my social media...