Zahid's daughter decries his detractors as 'rude' with 'no manners'


PETALING JAYA: Nurulhidayah Ahmad Zahid has come to her father Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s defence in the face of a barrage of criticism levelled at the Umno and Barisan Nasional chief.

“Leaders come and go. What is certain is that Umno will be inherited by those who are rude and have no manners,” she said in an Instagram post.

Nurulhidayah shared a screenshot of a WhatsApp message which read: “If you meet Zahid with (DAP chairman) Lim Guan Eng, spit on Zahid first before (spitting on) Guan Eng.”

Nurulhidayah, a Wanita Umno executive councilor, said she redacted the name of the sender in her post in order to spare them public humiliation.

“I hid your name so you will not be openly humiliated, just like Allah is testing us which, InsyaAllah, we will be able to go through. May what you do not affect your children and (future) generations,” she said on Thursday (Aug 17).

There have been calls for Ahmad Zahid to resign as party president since Umno’s disastrous showing in Saturday’s (Aug 12) six state polls when it won only 19 of the 108 seats it contested.

It lost all the seats it contested in Terengganu and Kedah, won only two in Penang and Selangor, and one in Kelantan, although it fared better in Negri Sembilan with 14 seats.

Ahmad Zahid had said he was aware of those in the party who wanted him to take responsibility by stepping down.

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