Don't take sides, Harapan says after Hishammuddin's China remark

Published: Sep 25, 2021 4:37 AM | Updated: Sep 25, 2021 1:32 PM

Pakatan Harapan today urged Putrajaya not to take any sides with any global powers after Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said he will seek China's view on the recent Australia-UK-US (Aukus) trilateral nuclear submarine deal.

In a statement, the Harapan security council described Hishammuddin's remark as "strange and misplaced", and that it made Malaysia look like a country that takes instructions from China.

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