Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan tonight denied a news report which quoted him as having said that a minister or ministers would be called up to assist in the probe on the leakage of the cabinet paper on the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) issue.

Police assistant director of management for public affairs ACP Lai Yong Heng said in a statement that Musa had at no time mentioned that a minister or ministers would be called up for that purpose at a function at the Ampang Jaya police district headquarters today.

musa hassan pc 021107 think "What he (Musa, right ) said was that witnesses or individuals will be called up to assist in the investigations and have their statements recorded," he said.

Bernama has earlier reported that an unnamed minister would be questioned by the police.

Memo from Finance Ministry

Police are expected to haul up those believed to have been involved in the leaking of the cabinet paper on the PKFZ issue.

The purported cabinet paper posted on the Malaysia Today website regarding the RM12.5 billion PKFZ project had incurred the wrath of Prime Minister Najib Razak, who denounced the act, because such documents are covered by the Official Secrets Act (OSA).

The 18-page cabinet paper is purportedly a memorandum by the Finance Ministry in June 2007 to seek the cabinet's approval to retrospectively approve a RM4.6 billion soft loan to fund the

- Bernama