Malaysian politician Nga Kor Ming previously said on 27 October that if his party Pakatan Harapan won, Singaporeans would be the ones who came to Malaysia to work.
He has since come out and clarified that he wasn’t trying to offend anyone, and added that he meant Malaysia and Singapore should maintain a relationship that is mutually beneficial.
Nga spoke to 8world and said that his political opponents had taken his 27 October speech out of context and that he didn’t mean to offend Singaporeans.
He added that he mentioned a need for Malaysia to continue cooperating with Singapore for a “win-win” situation.
He said that having a stable ringgit would mean that their people didn’t need to wake up early to cross the causeway to Singapore for work, and only return home late at night.
On his purportedly misconstrued point, Nga said that a stronger Malaysian government would improve the chances of citizens getting higher-paying local jobs, which would attract more Singaporeans to work in Malaysia as well.