Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin and former Perkasa vice president Datuk Zulkifli Noordin have found themselves in a heated exchange of vitriol over Zulkifli’s Twitter comment on the death of opposition leader Karpal Singh.

The conflict between the two politicians arose after Zulkifli tweeted what was considered an insensitive remark shortly after the news broke out of Karpal Singh’s passing:

Dlm keadaan kemelut Krjn PAS Klntn mau mlaksanakn hudud dgn bantuan UMNO,Allah tlh mmatikn Karpal yg mnjadi pnentang utama prlaksanaannya! — Zulkifli Bin Noordin (@zulkiflinoordin) April 16, 2014

The tweet was met with Khairy’s rebuke a few hours later:

Khairy said Zulkifli’s act does not reflect the true character of a Muslim nor a Malaysian, and that he was ashamed by it.

Bernama reports Khairy as saying, “Any statement that politicises his (Karpal Singh’s) demise in a very tasteless manner, done by Zulkifli Noordin does not reflect the Malaysian character or Muslim people at all.

“I am ashamed of this person and I am ashamed he contested for Barisan Nasional at the last election and we should never ever field him again as a candidate.”

Zulkifli was fielded as a Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for the Shah Alam parliamentary seat during last year’s 13th General Elections. He lost to Khalid Samad of PAS.

In response, Zulkifli returned to Twitter to shoot off several dismissals of the Youth and Sports Minister:

Teman baru dbritahu shbt td kata mnantu Pak Lah marah teman twit pase kmatian Karpal & katanya suruh teman diam.Shbt teman tny apa respon? — Zulkifli Bin Noordin (@zulkiflinoordin) April 17, 2014

Teman sbnrny sbnrny malas nk layan mnantu Pak Lah ni krn mngasihani DS Najib!Jd teman akn jwb hny skli je yop spya mike smua boleh tdoq lena — Zulkifli Bin Noordin (@zulkiflinoordin) April 17, 2014

@Dear mnantu Pak Lah:pls don’t b a knee-jerk politician!We don’t need another Anwar in this country!Ok yop? — Zulkifli Bin Noordin (@zulkiflinoordin) April 17, 2014

Khairy came back with this rejoinder:

: @zulkiflinoordin Next time you have something to say, mention me. @khairykj. That’s my handle. Be a man. And be a decent human being. — Khairy Jamaluddin (@Khairykj) April 18, 2014

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