DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang said a senior federal minister purportedly mooting to quit may be linked to a possible Sabah snap election.

This was after Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the senior minister being talked about was Foreign Minister Anifah Aman, but denied he was resigning.

“I believe that Selangor Menteri Besar Azmin Ali was telling the truth when he said that a senior minister had told him that he was resigning over the 1MDB scandal.

“The senior minister could be persuaded not to go through with the resignation,” Lim said in a statement today.