Former Perak menteri besar Nizar Jamaluddin yesterday admitted to signing a letter of support for a project which is now opposed by the Pakatan Rakyat, during the coalition’s rule of Perak.

“The letter is real, it’s true that I signed it... I confirm that it is as real as real gets,” Berita Harian reported him as saying after being instructed to do so by Perak speaker R Ganesan in the state assembly.

NONE Nizar ( right ) had done so after Perak MB Zambry Abdul Kadir presented declassified documents on the iron ore plant by Brazilian company Vale in Teluk Rubiah.

In the letter published by the New Straits Times , then-MB Nizar had said the government would give “all necessary support and assistance needed for (the project) to be implemented successfully”.

Zambry read out the contents of the letter when answering a question by Ngeh Koo Ham (DAP-Sitiawan) on why the project was approved.

Meanwhile, Utusan Malaysia front-paged that Ampang PKR division leaders have called for party deputy president Azmin Ali’s resignation.

The group, consisting of the deputy division chief, information chief and 10 committee members, said Azmin should step down as he had failed to clear the air on claims that he and his family purchased millions of ringgit worth of shares in the 1990s.

The Ampang parliamentary constituency is held by PKR representative Zuraida Kamaruddin, while Azmin is MP for neighbouring Gombak.