The opposition has called on Second Finance Minister Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah to correct his misleading statement on the potential sale of 1Malaysia Development Berhad's (1MDB) energy asset, Edra Global Energy Berhad (Edra).

 

Husni last week told the Dewan Rakyat that the CIMB Group has been appointed by 1MDB to provide a third party evaluation on its assets for an initial public offering (IPO),

 

However, CIMB released a statement the next day clarifying that they were hired “to find strategic investors for the potential sale of Edra Global Energy Berhad”.

 

DAP’s Publicity Chief Tony Pua ( left ) said it was wrong for Husni to have misled the Dewan Rakyat during his winding-up speech.

 

“CIMB has clarified that their role was to find an investor for Edra.This has nothing to do with the IPO. CIMB is not interested in the IPO anymore,” he told reporters at the Parliament lobby today.

 

Pua said Husni has two days to correct his error.

 

“He should come to Parliament to clarify his statement directly or through a ministerial reply. If he doesn’t we will raise a motion to refer him to the Rights and Privileges Committee,” he warned.

 

Meanwhile, PKR Vice President Rafizi Ramli highlighted that this was the second time in the space of a year a BN MP had tried to mislead the public.

 

He was referring to the error made by Deputy Finance Minister Ahmad Maslan during his wind-up speech during the Dewan Rakyat sitting last November where he left out ‘six words’ during his debate on Putrajaya’s letter of support for 1MDB.

 

“Last November, a minister had to apologise. He also had to come back and explain as well as amend his speech, to show that he was not lying.

 

“We are now forced to take this route again as all questions on 1MDB are either not answered or when the answers are given, they are deflected,” the Pandan MP said.