Various DAP leaders have defended Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming against criticisms over a Christmas carol performance held at the ministry in Putrajaya.

Three DAP Central Executive Committee members - Bentong MP Young Syefura Othman, Bangi MP Syahredzan Johan, and Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali - in a statement cited reports that quoted PAS Youth vice-chief Muhammad Hanif Jamaluddin who yesterday cried foul over the event.

“The statement (by Hanif) contradicts the statement by PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan who welcomed the...