Anyone who rejects Budget 2021 is a traitor - Shahidan

(Editor's Note: An earlier copy of this article wrote that Shahidan Kassim had referred to Najib Abdul Razak in his traitor remarks. A check of the Parliament video and the Hansard has shown that this is incorrect. Malaysiakini apologises for the error.)

PARLIAMENT | Anyone who rejects Budget 2021 is a traitor, according to Perikatan Nasional Backbenchers Club chairperson Shahidan Kassim.

"Anyone who rejects the budget (in the Dewan Rakyat), including my friend the former health minister (Dzulkefly Ahmad) will be a traitor to the people because the people are waiting for the budget," Shahidan said in his budget debate...