Should DAP now apologise to Zahid for accusing him of graft ala its apology to Beng Hock's family?
For context, the visit was part of a special briefing and engagement session between Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi who is also the National TVET Council chairman with DAP MPs to discuss implementation of the National TVET Policy.
'So DAP now openly admit they were wrong to accuse Zahid and UMNO for corruption?' wondered a presumably stunned DAP supporter.
This observation prompted another commenter to a post on the deemed 'historical event' by Free Malaysia Today (FMT) on X to recount those days when now Bentong MP and DAP central executive committee (CEC) member Young Syefura Othman a.k.a. Rara had wanted 'to dump Zahid (who is also the UMNO president) in jail'.
Nearly 30 DAP MPs visit Umno HQ, hosted by Zahid #FMTNews #FMTEng https://t.co/oT8P4viofh
— Free Malaysia Today (@fmtoday) August 1, 2025
One commenter went on to warn DAP which has seemingly been successful in burying its hatchet with UMNO that the latter 'will give a hard kick once they feel they are sufficiently strong again'.
'UMNO would have been buried if not for the unity government,' he further remarked while another simply described the current state of DAP as an equivalent of blinded-by-money 'Eunuch 2.0'
Another possibly disgruntled UMNO grassroot member rightly pointed out that not only had DAP compromised its stance to keep the unity government spirit alive but so did the UMNO president who went back on his word of 'No DAP, No Anwar'.
Well, proponents of Madani government tended to describe this 'historical visit' as a sign of 'matured politics' with even @grok – the so-called Elon Musk's AI-powered chatbot – hailing the landmark event as 's historic step beyond old rivalries for national progress'.
At the end of the day, this commenter summed up best – 'I can't imagine what Karpal Singh (the late former DAP chairman who went by the moniker Tiger of Jelutong) would say'. – Aug 2, 2025
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