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Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming is under fire — not from anything his opponents said, but from a promise he made himself.
During the Johor state election campaign, the DAP veteran told an interviewer he would resign if Barisan Nasional won a landslide and former prime minister Najib Razak was freed.
He went further, drawing a specific line: if BN won more than 40 seats, he would step down from his party post.
BN won 48, and the calls came fast.
UMNO Youth Chief Datuk Dr Akmal Saleh was first out, mocking Nga on social media and offering — sarcastically — to personally draft his resignation letter.
PAS Deputy President Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said Nga must honour his word, while UMNO Subang Chief Armand Azha and BN Deputy Chairman Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan piled on, calling his original remarks arrogant.
Nga’s Response Was A Sidestep — Until It Wasn’t
Cornered by reporters at a public aid event in Ipoh earlier in the day, he declined to address the pledge directly.
“I know where you are coming from. You have your job to do. I also have my duty to the government,” he said, before urging journalists to focus on the welfare of the people.
The deflection only added fuel; mock resignation letters written in Nga’s name began circulating on social media, with users filling in the details he refused to provide himself.
Then, in a formal statement, he clarified that his resignation pledge was never tied to seat numbers — it was conditional on one specific scenario: Najib Razak being released without serving a sentence befitting his conviction. He framed his position as a matter of legal principle, not politics, noting his standing as a High Court advocate and solicitor.
“If Datuk Seri Najib… can be released without carrying out punishment commensurate with the offence… it means the credibility of this nation’s judicial system has been mortgaged,” he wrote, adding that he would resign as a cabinet minister under those circumstances to defend the rule of law as enshrined in the Rukun Negara.
On the election result itself, he congratulated BN, called the two-thirds majority “a heavy trust,” and closed with a defiant note for Pakatan: “Walaupun kami tidak menang kali ini, besok masih ada.” — Though we did not win this time, tomorrow still comes.
He has not resigned, and by his own account, the threshold for doing so has not been met.
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