A supplier of electrical products filed a suit against Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Shahidan Kassim, Padang Besar MP Zahidi Zainul Abidin, and Perlis Umno treasurer Rozabil Abdul Rahman for breach of contract over purchases of rice cookers.

Perlis Umno had allegedly ordered as many as 60,000 1.8-litre rice cookers emblazoned with Umno and Barisan Nasional logos along with Shahidan Kassim’s initials ‘DSSK’ from the plaintiff Florence Lee Jye Wen on June 3, 2015.

According to the statement of claim filed on April 6 at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Lee claimed that she was approached by a sales representative saying Umno Perlis was interested in purchasing the rice cookers...