JOHOR DUN | Johor Menteri Besar Mohamed Khaled Nordin has denied the corruption allegations against him with regard to housing development projects in the state.

"I strongly deny the baseless allegations. It is slander. It is untrue and has nothing to do with me.

"My administration does not accept bribes, will never accept bribes and will oppose any forms of bribery towards myself and my administration," he said.

Khaled mentioned this in his winding-up speech for Budget 2018 at the legislative assembly this morning.

Last week, Wong Shu Qi (DAP-Senai) had questioned if Khaled had received RM12 million based on a leaked MACC witness statement that surfaced online.

The witness statement claimed that Khaled, among others, had received millions from developers to remove bumiputera restrictions for certain housing projects.

The witness statement was attributed to Amir Shariffuddin Abd Raub who was charged alongside former Johor exco member Abdul Latif Bandi earlier this year for money laundering and graft.

The MACC later confirmed that the document was indeed leaked, while Amir Shariffuddin lodged a police report claiming that the document was doctored.

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Meanwhile, Khaled said he was in the dark about the witness statement when it was raised by Wong and had no means of determining its authenticity.

He also claimed Wong had committed an offence by revealing a classified document in the House, especially since the document was allegedly doctored to present false information.

"Even if the House is of the view that I need to respond to the specific allegations, it is enough for me to state here that on the dates mentioned in the documents, I was overseas and other places for various reasons and was never at the Umno state-liaison office.

"What more to accept a bribe," he stressed.

In his speech, Khaled also took a swipe at opposition lawmakers whom he claimed were ignorant of the law and legal processes, including how statements from an accused could not be taken as evidence unless proven in court.

"So whoever obtains such statements, they must be more cautious. We must know that its contents are not the ultimate truth, it can be doubted, can be challenged.

"What more if those who obtained or read such documents is an assemblyperson, a lawmaker. For sure we hope that an assemblyperson will have knowledge of these things," he said.

Khaled said he would leave it to the relevant authorities to decide if action should be taken against Wong.