{"id":4925,"date":"2011-03-08T16:49:53","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T08:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buletinonline.net\/v7\/index.php\/2011\/03\/dpm-says-gambling-legal-slams-pas\/"},"modified":"2011-03-08T16:49:53","modified_gmt":"2011-03-08T08:49:53","slug":"dpm-says-gambling-legal-slams-pas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/dpm-says-gambling-legal-slams-pas\/","title":{"rendered":"DPM says gambling legal, slams PAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freemalaysiatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/muhyiddin_1-300x200.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right;\" \/>KUALA LUMPUR: PAS has revealed its true colour by imposing a ban on  lottery tickets in Kelantan, said Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin  today.<\/p>\n<p>He also argued that based on the country\u2019s existing laws, gambling was not wrong.<\/p>\n<p>The Umno deputy president said the PAS-led Kelantan state  government\u2019s ban on the sale of lottery tickets was an infringement of  the rights of non-Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on existing laws, gambling is not wrong,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters in Parliament, Muhyddin said that the ban  reflected the Islamic party\u2019s true attitude towards the treatment of  non-Malays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir action has caused dissatisfaction and raised questions on PAS\u2019  real attitude and their treatment of non-Muslims,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the federal government would intervene in the decision,  Muhyiddin said he had yet to receive full reports from the concerned  groups.<\/p>\n<p>The ban drew widespread criticism, including from PAS\u2019 Pakatan Rakyat  teammate, DAP. On the other hand, MCA central committee member Ti Lian  Ker had threatened to take the state government to court.<\/p>\n<p>On another matter, Muhyiddin backed his boss, Najib Tun Razak, on the  latter\u2019s suggestion that Anwar Ibrahim was becoming a liability to the  opposition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that PAS is actually uncomfortable (with Anwar\u2019s presence)  during the campaigns in Merlimau and Kerdau. His image is dented by what  has happened to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of that, PAS wanted him to stay away, but Anwar felt that he  has the right (to campaign) because he is the opposition leader,\u201d he  said.-FMT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR: PAS has revealed its true colour by imposing a ban on lottery tickets in Kelantan, said Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin today. He also argued that based on the country\u2019s existing laws, gambling was not wrong. The Umno deputy president said the PAS-led Kelantan state government\u2019s ban on the sale of lottery tickets [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"better_featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4925"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}