An agenda against Zahid?

Pro-Opposition news portal Malaysiakini and Malaysia Chronicle - despite understanding that nothing was wrong with the letter Zahid Hamidi sent to the FBI over Paul Phua case - continue mounting attacks on the minister.

Not able to distinguish the 'undertone' in the Home Minister's speech in Penang yesterday, they leveraged on it by pitting Zahid against other Umno ministers, notably his predecessors Hishammuddin Hussein and Syed Hamid Albar.

During his era, former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad himself was Home Minister. During Pak Lah's, Azmi Khalid was. But Zahid was not shooting at them.

What he said during a function at USM was just an 'em-passing' remarks to note how the letter was deemed as a doom for his politics, and how some conscience-blinded friends in Barisan Nasional (especially Umno) were easily-gullible by the Opposition.

Yes, he did say it yesterday, as carried by news portal Malaysiakini:

Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s popularity has dwindled following the saga over a letter he penned to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for gambling kingpin Paul Phua.
However, the Umno vice-president said his predecessors had also done the same.
"If I reveal the stack of letters and agreements they had signed with that country (US), they would suffer great shame. But these ministers have denied, nevermind," he said during a speech at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in Penang today.
Zahid drew laughter from his audience when he used the term "besar kemaluannya" to indicate embarrassment, which in the Malay language refers to male genitals.
"Let me suffer the embarrassment, but I don't want to implicate others," he added.
However, Zahid told reporters after the event that he would reveal the support letters penned by other ministers in Parliament.