PAS: Nga's dilapidated flat visit mere optics, doesn't address issues raised
PAS has dismissed Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming's invitation for opposition MPs to visit dilapidated flats in the capital as mere political optics by the Madani government.
The party's Youth chief, Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamudden, said the initiative did not address the core objections raised by the public and residents towards the proposed Urban Renewal Act (URA).
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