Sim was alluding to Mandela's speech, Yii tells MCA Youth

Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii has slammed MCA Youth for “playing politics” after it allegedly misled people about Human Resources Minister Steven Sim’s speech at last night’s Free Palestine Rally.

Yii said the minister’s speech was a call for peace and global solidarity with Palestine, and the contentious portion linking Malaya’s independence to Palestinian liberation was an allusion to the South African leader Nelson Mandela’s speech in 1997.

During the 1997...