PKR vice-president Tian Chua today denied a report by Chinese newspaper Sin Chew Daily that Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim has been issued a show-cause letter by the party.

NONE The daily today quoted sources as saying that PKR political bureau, during a meeting last Sunday, decided to issue Khalid ( right ) a show-cause letter requesting an explanation on why his political secretary Faekah Hussin should not be sacked.

It reported that the bureau was of the view that the Selangor government should not practice double standards on the issue of support letters as there had been three such cases where the state sacked the officials concerned.

“There is no such thing,” said Tian Chua when contacted today.

He confirmed that Khalid had attended a political bureau meeting last night chaired by party president Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, but the main agenda was not about Faekah.

“We issued a very serious warning to party members to stop questioning Faekah on the issue,” he said.

Instead the main agenda of the meeting was for Khalid to brief the bureau on the allegations by the Deputy Agriculture Minister Chua Tee Yong over Talam Corporation Bhd’s debt recovery exercise.

“Khalid explained to us that Tee Yong was wrong about the allegation,” Tian Chua added.

According to Sin Chew Daily , Khalid refused to divulge details of what had transpired in the meeting when approached by reporters as he was leaving the party headquarters in Petaling Jaya last night.

Faekah had earlier admitted she sent out a few letters for law firms seeking appointments to act as legal firms for state-owned Permodalan Negeri Selangor Bhd, including one run by her niece.

But she denied that these were support letters and Khalid has also defended her, saying the letter was a normal one and not against ethics.

However, Selangor PKR information chief and Sri Muda assemblyperson Shuhaimi Shafie still insisted that Khalid should take action against Faekah as swift action had previously been taken in cases where family members of state officials were involved in state-linked transactions.

Shuhaimi cited previous cases involving two Klang municipal councillors who were expelled for issuing support letters, namely Tee Boon Hock and Hamidah Mat Som, in 2010.

NONE Khalid's former special officer Yahya Sahri was also given the same treatment in 2008 for allegedly abusing the state government's letterhead to collect donations.

However, yesterday Khalid defended Faekah ( left ) again, saying her letter was different from those of the previous cases.

Sin Chew Daily also reported that Khalid attended a PKR political bureau meeting last night at the party's Petaling Jaya headquarters, but refused to divulge details of what had transpired there when approached by reporters.