According to a Berita Harian report, the Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government minister said the opposition should refrain from politicising everything and inciting hatred among the people towards the government.
Noh, who is also an Umno Supreme Council member said China’s willingness to invest in Malaysia reflected their confidence in Malaysia’s economy and political stability.
“When we succeed in drawing investors, the opposition says the government is trying to sell the country,” he said after an event in Sepang today.
“However, when investors leave to go and invest elsewhere, the opposition claims that investors have no confidence in Malaysia.”
Noh questioned if it was wrong for the country to receive foreign investments and urged the opposition to refrain from excessive politicking and fault finding when the focus should be on boosting the nation’s economy.
It was recently reported that Malaysian and Chinese companies signed 14 agreements worth RM144 billion, in conjunction with Prime Minister Najib Razak’s week-long visit to China.
Since 2010, China has invested some RM15 billion in 142 projects in Malaysia generating 28,598 jobs.
DAP lawmaker Charles Santiago however recently voiced concern that an over dependence on China may put Malaysia at risk.
He warned that while Najib’s efforts to woo the Chinese have brought in a number of investments, the move was also part of China’s ongoing effort to use its economic might as a leverage to continue wooing countries in Southeast Asia.