Syed Saddiq and Hamizura make peace

Syed Saddiq and Hamizura make peace

PPBM youth chief Syed Saddiq hopes to meet Hamizura’s sister Hamidah Osman, the former PPBM vice-president, to settle differences.

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PETALING JAYA:
PPBM Youth chief Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman and former Perak PPBM member Hamizura Osman had an amicable meeting today.

The meeting lasting two hours was held at the Hilton Hotel here.

Hamizura is the younger sister of former PPBM vice-president Hamidah Osman, who had a bitter public squabble with Syed Saddiq in May.

Hamizura said both parties agreed that Syed Saddiq did not act appropriately during the dispute that had spilled into the open as he had only received information from one source.

“My discussions with Syed Saddiq was to clarify my side on what had actually taken place. I am confident he did not obtain accurate information on the matter,” she said.

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“I feel Syed Saddiq heard the story from one party and did not try to get clarification. He has also admitted to the misunderstanding.”

She also chided the youth leader about statements he had made against Hamidah and asked him to clear up the issue personally with her.

The meeting was arranged by Syarul Ema Rena Abu Samah, a well-known social media commentator, who is better known as Ratu Naga.

Hamidah, a former Perak state executive councillor under Umno, had cited Syed Saddiq’s behaviour as one of the reasons for her exit from PPBM last month.

In May, Syed Saddiq had called on her to “berambus” (get lost) after accusing her of masterminding the surprise mass resignations of more than 1,000 Perak PPBM members.

He had also labelled her a hypocrite, alleging she was upset with party president Muhyiddin Yassin’s decision not to name her as Perak PPBM chief.

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Hamidah had then responded by saying that she would write a letter to the party’s disciplinary board for action to be taken against Syed Saddiq but later revealed she never sent the letter as she doubted the leaders would take any action.

Syed Saddiq today said he accepted Hamizura’s advice and would meet Hamidah to ease the strained relations.

“I want to thank Hamizura and I feel the discussion was a good way to resolve the issues we had, not just in relation to the party but also before PPBM was even formed,” he told reporters later.

Hamizura also said she and her sister would take a break from politics and not join any party for now.

She added that if they had been paid by Umno, as alleged, to create disturbances in PPBM, they would not be “sitting quietly at home”.

On Sept 13, Hamizura had stirred controversy when she made an allegedly racist statement on Facebook.

The PPBM ordinary member said in the quest to topple BN, the Malays should not allow the Chinese to “step” on them as Malaysia belonged to the Malays.

She apologised later that same day after her post drew angry comments and condemnation from some party leaders as well as from PH partners.

Hamidah said she had chided Hamizura for the remarks and distanced herself from the controversial statement.

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