Former Umno deputy president Muhyiddin Yassin has denied he had ever personally received funds from the RM2.6 billion claimed to be a donation from a Saudi royalty to Prime Minister Najib Razak .

This follows Umno supreme council member Nazri Abdul Aziz accusing him and former Umno vice-president Shafie Apdal of receiving a bigger slice of the controversial RM2.6 billion.

Shafie yesterday also denied receiving a portion of the said funds.

"This is slander. In the name of Allah, I did not receive a single sen," said Muhyiddin during a Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) ceramah in Kuala Lumpur last night.

"He (Nazri) said Umno received the funds. (Well), they did not go into my pockets," he said.

Muhyiddin pointed out the issue in question was with regard to the funds revealed to be in Najib's personal bank accounts.

He recounted how he had once said he was briefed by former attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail on evidence about the funds that had been channeled into Najib's personal accounts.

"I have said this before, but some people like Nazri just find it so hard to understand.

"Nazri said I received funds. There is no such funds. He doesn't have much to say anymore, that's why he made such claims," said the former deputy prime minister.

Nazri had claimed that both Muhyiddin and Shafie received more from the RM2.6 billion than he, as they were Umno division heads that oversaw more Umno branches.

Nazri said prior to the last general election, division heads had received money from the Umno headquarters to repair houses. Every house was allocated RM5,000 and each branch was asked to find five houses to repair.

He speculated since Muhyiddin was in charge of more than 100 branches, this means he would have received over RM2.5 million.

Najib had claimed the RM2.6 billion was a donation from a Saudi royalty, and attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali in clearing the prime minister of any wrongdoing in the matter, claimed that US$620 million had later been returned to the donor.

'Extra GST revenue not needed'

Meanwhile, Muhyiddin also responded to Najib mocking the opposition's plans to abolish the 6 percent Goods and Services Tax (GST).

Najib had claimed the opposition would be unable to derive income once the GST is zero-rated, claiming it would result in a shortfall of RM42 billion a year in revenue.

Muhyiddin was confident they would not need the additional RM42 billion if they stemmed leakages in government expenditure.

"Every year the auditor-general will talk about the leakages that amount to between RM20 and RM30 billion.

"If we can administer the country properly, we don't have to implement the GST."

Should Pakatan Harapan become the government, Muhyiddin believes it will heighten investors' confidence in the country, which would in turn lead to more job opportunities, and eventually lead to an increase in the country's revenue.

Apart from Muhyiddin, Bersatu chairperson Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Bersatu deputy president Mukhriz Mahathir who were present at last night's programme also  reiterated that the GST would be abolished should Pakatan Harapan come into power.