Khairy attacks PAS man on Twitter over Najib visit

Khairy Jamaluddin has attacked Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad on micro-blogging site Twitter for “lies” that claim the Umno Youth chief had confirmed that the prime minister was in Kazakhstan to attend his daughter’s engagement.

In a series of messages addressed to the PAS central working committee member, Khairy(picture) pointed out that he had never mentioned any engagement or that Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s official visit to the Central Asian state coincided with such an event.

“@DrDzul How is it I ‘confirmed your claims’? Have you lost it? Cheap, desperate & unbecoming of an intellect. Is this the best you got?” the Rembau MP said.

“I thought @DrDzul was a decent guy. Didn’t think he was capable of a desperate spin.”

He stressed that Najib’s Kazakhstan trip — planned to coincide with the World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) being held there now — had been lined up as far back as a year ago.

Khairy, who was invited to speak at the WIEF, also taunted Dzulkefly for not being invited to the forum held in the Kazakh capital Astana despite his “great mind”.

“@DrDzul You weren’t even invited were you? Should have. Great mind like you Dzul. Could have lectured how to buy IBanks before the crash,” he said.

Dzulkefly earlier today urged Najib to disclose all expenses incurred from his official visit to Kazakhstan as it allegedly coincided with his daughter’s engagement.

The Prime Minister’s Office has not commented on the matter. Najib’s family has also not made any announcement of an engagement.

“Disclose how much of it was for personal matters and whether anyone on the entourage was not necessary for the WIEF,” the Kuala Selangor MP told The Malaysian Insider earlier today.

He also thanked Khairy “for confirming our claim that arrangements for a wedding were taking place during the trip”.

Khairy had earlier defended Najib on Twitter, pointing out that the prime minister was in Kazakhstan to deliver a speech at the WIEF and to return a visit made by Nursultan Nazarbayev during Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s tenure.

“PM’s Kazakh trip planned long before daughter’s engagement. In fact return visit for President Nazarbayev’s Msia trip DURING Pak Lah’s time,” Khairy posted yesterday.