N Sembilan DAP Youth joins call to end ties with Akmal over 'hate politics'
In a statement, the Negeri Sembilan DAP Youth wing said Akmal's actions in politicising the matter were excessive and deliberately framed to portray non-Malays as unpatriotic.
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