Its no chicken curry Ali Rustam but.....

Chief Minister Mohd Ali Rustam has a favourite anecdote he likes to share with anyone willing to lend a ear, at all events during the Merlimau by-election campaign.

In this story, Mohd Ali and Malacca MIC chief R Perumal visit the mostly Indian village of Kampung Paya Buloh to check out a family that DAP claims goes to sleep hungry more often than not.

"I opened their pot and found that it was a quarter full with rice. I asked them, 'What lauk (dishes) are you having today?' "Perumal opened the other pot and found chicken curry!

"Three chicken thighs, and here is DAP claiming that they are poor," Mohd Ali said on the issue that came to light following a report Malaysia Nanban published several days prior to nomination day.

In its report, the Tamil daily spoke to a 13-year-old boy from the family of five, who said he was now considering quitting school to work full-time as a cowherd to supplement his family's income as both his parents were sickly.

Once published, the reporter responsible was subjected to harassment from "members of the public" angry with her report. The rear windshield of her car was smashed that night, but nothing inside was taken. The damage cost her about RM400 in repairs.

Malaysiakini's visit to Kampung Paya Buloh supports the Nanban report.

More interestingly, the boy's father, who wanted to only be known as Periamalai (right), said the chicken curry that Mohd Ali claimed was in their pot was in fact biawak (monitor lizard) caught by their pet dog.

"We catch biawak several times a week. We don't really eat chicken as we don't have a taste for it," the 47-year-old said.

source:malaysiakini

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