Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi warned those fanning “Sabah for Sabahans” and “Sarawak for Sarawakians” sentiments will be met with severe punishment.
“The actions of certain quarters inciting the people with these slogans…are against the Federal Constitution.
“We must fight those playing with fire, and who are trying to create anarchy and national instability,” Zahid said at the launch of the Umno wings general assembly at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur Tuesday.
He added that such actions were a serious offence which carry serious punishments.
Sabah and Sarawak nationalist sentiments are on the rise, with some fringe groups calling for secession.
Zahid said that subversive separatist sentiments were being played by leaders whose politics were bankrupt.
