LFL urges public to protect shop owner from Akmal, Wee slams threat
Meanwhile, MCA president Wee Ka Siong also rapped Akmal for turning a mishap, in which the Malaysian flag was displayed upside down, into a political stunt.
Akmal yesterday said that if...
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