Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said he has provided police with information on the plot to topple his boss Najib Abdul Razak.

"I wish to state I have submitted information for the police to investigate, and for the attorney-general to open charge sheets (later)," he told reporters at the Prime Minister's Office today.

Zahid, who is also home minister, then cleared 20 lawmakers, including his deputy Nur Jazlan Mohamad, implicated in the plot.

"None of the 20 names put up by blogs have been approached to sign statutory declarations (SD)," he said.

The deputy premier previously claimed that an " orang tua " (old man) from Umno was collecting SDs from more than half of the lawmakers in the Dewan Rakyat.

Why not arrest him?

The idea was to present these documents to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to show that Najib no longer has majority support in the Dewan Rakyat.

This would circumvent having to call for a no-confidence vote against Najib, which would likely be blocked by the Dewan Rakyat speaker.

When asked why the police have yet to arrest the person, Zahid Hamidi did not provide a direct reply.

Instead he said he could not reveal the identity of the person because it would hurt police investigation.

 

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