“I am a minister for all Malaysians, regardless of race and religion. I will continue to promote racial and religious harmony,” he said in a post on X.

“I will continue to defend our fundamental liberties enshrined in the Federal Constitution and will never succumb to threats by extremists.”

Earlier today, PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan said the party will take legal action against Nga, a DAP vice-chairman, for his “cowardly accusations” and “malicious slander” when he criticised the party for their stance against a Christmas celebration at his ministry.

He claimed that Nga had accused PAS of being “deviant”, “spreading deviant teachings”, “exploiting religion”, “damaging societal harmony” and “blocking Christmas celebrations” after PAS Youth vice-chief Hanif Jamaluddin took issue with the Christmas celebration claiming that it involved Muslim staff.

Takiyuddin also claimed that no government ministries or agencies have openly organised religious celebrations other than Islamic events at government premises, much less involving Muslim officers and staff.

The controversy arose after a video surfaced showing Nga celebrating Christmas at his ministry, including with some Muslim staff.

A source within the ministry was reported to have said that the carollers who performed at the event, as seen in the video, were Christians from Sabah and Sarawak. The source also told FMT that none of the ministry personnel were forced to attend the function.