[Watch] Nga Kor Ming: I’ll Be First To Quit If Najib Walks Free

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Housing and Local Government Minister and DAP deputy chairman Nga Kor Ming has made an unusually blunt pledge — if former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is released from prison and walks free, he will be the first to resign from his post.

“If Najib is truly released today, acquitted, I will immediately be the first to quit,” Nga said in an exclusive interview with Oriental Daily, adding that DAP would also not rule out leaving the unity government altogether.

The remarks carry weight beyond one minister’s personal conviction.

A DAP exit from the coalition would fundamentally alter the makeup of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s unity government, which relies on DAP’s parliamentary support to hold its majority.

Nga said DAP’s position has always been grounded in the rule of law.

Releasing Najib, he argued, would reduce Malaysia to what he called a “banana republic” — a country where justice bends to political convenience.

A Debt That Outlasts The Man

Nga pointed to the 810-page written judgment by 1MDB trial judge Datuk Collin Lawrence, which described Najib’s greed as worse than that of Attila the Hun — the fifth-century ruler infamous for conquest and plunder.

Nga did not shy away from the comparison.

“Najib’s actions have proven one thing: the debt falls on the next generation,” he said.

He noted that Malaysia’s 1MDB-related debt obligations run until 2039. “I’ll already be retired, and the debt still won’t be paid off,” Nga said.

The burden exists, he explained, because the bonds issued at the time were sovereign — backed by the state — meaning Malaysia has no choice but to honour them, or risk the ringgit collapsing.

A person who has already harmed my children and the next generation this badly — and you’re saying he should be allowed to go home and enjoy his retirement? That’s called: where is the law?

A Warning Aimed At Johor

The interview comes ahead of the Johor state election; while Barisan Nasional (BN) and Umno stopped short of making it an official manifesto promise, certain party leaders campaigned on the idea that a landslide Johor victory would give them the leverage to push for Najib’s pardon at the federal level.

Nga said this is not a fringe position — it is Umno’s agenda, and voters should not pretend otherwise.

Umno wins big, Najib comes home — this is Umno’s agenda. There is no need to beat around the bush or deceive yourselves. This is a definite fact.

Nga has been in politics for nearly 30 years; he made his election debut and won the Pantai Remis state seat in Perak at the age of 27 in 1999.

He framed his resignation pledge not as a threat, but as the logical conclusion of everything he has stood for.

I came here today because I have spent 30 years of my life telling one story — the story of democracy and justice. If that story ends with Najib walking free, I have nothing left to say from inside the government.

Najib may be behind bars at Kajang Prison, but his name, his fate, and his political shadow have found their way onto the campaign trail regardless — proof that even from a prison cell, he remains a force in Malaysian politics.

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[Watch] Nga Kor Ming: I’ll Be First To Quit If Najib Walks Free
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