Singapore, Dec. 9 -- A vice-president of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Mr Tian Chua, was jeered yesterday when he slammed party members for being "apple polishers" who risked becoming "extreme and obsessed" about making their president Anwar Ibrahim the next prime minister of Malaysia.
Mr Chua, who is aligned to the rival Azmin Ali faction in PKR, defended the supporters of the deputy president who boycotted yesterday's closing ceremony of the party's national congress.
The increasingly bitter feud between Datuk Seri Anwar and Datuk Seri Azmin is closely watched in Malaysia as PKR has the largest number of MPs in Parliament, 50.
Mr Chua, in his speech at the closing ceremony, criticised attending delegates holding banners proclaiming M...