Kuala Lumpur: Barisan Nasional (BN) is not worried over talk of its Members of Parliament in Sabah defecting to Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) as claimed by the party's de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.Instead, it was Pakatan Rakyat that should be worried about their MPs crossing over to BN as the people are very angry with the RM100 million hi-tech pig farm project in Selangor, Information Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek said Thursday."I think it is Anwar who should be worried. Perhaps, there may be Pakatan Rakyat component parties that will opt to join BN. People are very angry with what is happening in Selangor now.
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"He should realise that the Malays are very angry. Not that I want to play racial sentiments hereÉit is not the question of pig rearing which is a racial issue, but the priority of the PKR-led Pakatan Rakyat State Government in Selangor," he told reporters at Parliament House after checking on the preparations for the live telecast of the Dewan Rakyat proceedings next week.Ahmad Shabery said Umno's position in the 222-seat Dewan Rakyat was still strong, with more than 70 seats in hand, as compared to PKR's 31.- Bernama