Amanah rep: PAS offers no solutions to urban squalor, only fear-mongering
Batu Tiga assemblyperson Danial Al-Rashid criticised PAS Youth for resorting to the race card in opposing the proposed Urban Renewal Act (URA).
Danial (above) said the press conference earlier today, where the party wing announced plans to hold a protest against the URA, was 'shallow, not based on facts, and meant to cause fear and confusion amongst the people'...
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