By Simon Peter
KUCHING, June 14, 2015 - Sarawak Dayak National Union
(SDNU), the umbrella body for Dayak-based NGOs, will treat an embattled Prime
Minister Najib Razak to a community
dinner at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) here on Tuesday night.
The Umno president will be accompanied by his wife Rosmah Mansor to the dinner which is to mark SDNU 59th
anniversary.
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| Najib Razak |
The dinner is seen as a Dayak community's support for
Najib, who is being criticised for his poor handling of 1MDB by former prime
minister Mahathir Mohamad and other Umno leaders as well as the opposition
politicians.
Mahathir, the prime minister of 22 years, has been
pressuring Najib to step down to "save BN and Umno" from being ousted
of power in the next general election.
Chief Minister Adenan Satem and wife Jamilah Anu are also
expected to attend the dinner to be attended by over 1,600 guests.
In statement
today, SDNU said all Dayak ministers be they from the state and federal cabinet
as well as all Dayak elected representatives and senators has been invited as
guests.
Other invited guests include the rest of the State
Cabinet ministers, directors and heads of government departments and agencies, heads of Dayak-based NGOs, several key
community leaders and past presidents of SDNU and that of their women wing
Serakup Indu Dayak Sarawak (SIDS).
The dinner with
the Prime Minister was initially scheduled on May 16 in conjunction with the
union May 17's 34th triennial general assembly (TGA) but due to his tight
schedule and other more important commitment in May, SDNU postponed the dinner
to June 16.
Najib's speech at the dinner is eagerly awaited whether
he has some concrete and solid "goodies" for the Dayak community, or
is full of rhetorics.
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