It is shocking that Badruddin should have, at the UMNO General Assembly, used the words to such a large gathering of UMNO delegates including women who do not appear to have objected to such conduct

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Press Statement
by Karpal Singh
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(Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday): At the recent UMNO General Assembly, acting permanent chairman, Datuk Badruddin Amiruldin (MP-Jerai) is quoted to have interjected and said as follows after UMNO delegate Zaleha Hussin related a story about a friend of hers who boarded budget airline AirAsia, “who told me how uncomfortable it was looking at a seated stewardess with bare legs, thighs and calves” “yes, we can see a tunnel under her skirt”.

There has been no correction sought by Badruddin up to date with regard to the abovementioned quotation.

It must be assumed, therefore, that Badruddin has not been misquoted in the NST. It is shocking that Badruddin should have, at the UMNO General Assembly, used the words to such a large gathering of UMNO delegates including women who do not appear to have objected to such conduct. Badruddin is on record in Parliament to have used an abusive word concerning one’s mother. What Badruddin has said demeans women. Badruddin had no right to use the words. Obviously, Badruddin does not know how to learn a lesson. A leopard cannot change its spots. On the other hand, a leopard can be taught a lesson by confinement in a cage.

I call upon the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, to take stern action against Badruddin for his outrageous conduct.

In the meanwhile, I call upon Badruddin to apologize publicly to all women in the country within 7 days from today failing which the DAP will make this a public issue and take him to task nationally.

(14/11/2007)