ALOR SETAR: Several Kolej Universiti Insaniah (Kuin) staff have slammed Kedah Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak for accusing them of acting like Umno agents.
The staff claimed that Azizan was trying to divert Kuin's issues by blaming the staff, who were trying to stand up for their rights.
Kuin lecturer Mohd Farid Alias said Azizan's accusation was baseless and without proof.
“On what grounds is the mentri besar making the allegation? We are not politically inclined to any party. All we want is the welfare of the staff to be taken care of,” he said.
Mohd Farid spoke to reporters after he and 19 Kuin staff handed over a memorandum to Azizan at Wisma Darulaman here yesterday.
He was commenting on an article in a Malay daily last week, which quoted Azizan as saying the staff were acting like Umno agents when they lodged several reports with the Labour Department over the problems they were facing in Kuin.
Azizan's press secretary Mohamad Helmi Khalid received the memorandum on his behalf as the mentri besar was in Kuala Lumpur attending a meeting.
In the memorandum, the staff expressed their regret over Azizan's statement that they are agents of Umno.
They also hoped Azizan would settle the problem they had been facing for the past four years, which included salary increments, bonus, salary deductions and the existence of Kuin subsidiary companies, which the staff claimed were not making any profit for the university college.
Kedah Umno liaison committee chairman Datuk Paduka Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah said Umno had never appointed anyone to become an agent for the party at Kuin.
“It is easy for Azizan to accuse them, but where is the proof?” he said.
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