Muhyiddin: No laws broken with Semenyih welfare programme
SEMENYIH POLLS | Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin said today that the distribution of hampers and house renovation offer letters to the people of Semenyih is not in violation of any law.
Muhyiddin, who chairs the Pakatan Harapan election committee for the Semenyih polls, said the house renovations under the Housing Programme for the Hardcore Poor (PPRT) had already been decided on earlier.
"This has nothing to do with the by-election...
SEMENYIH POLLS | Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin said today that the distribution of hampers and house renovation offer letters to the people of Semenyih is not in violation of any law.
Muhyiddin, who chairs the Pakatan Harapan election committee for the Semenyih polls, said the house renovations under the Housing Programme for the Hardcore Poor (PPRT) had already been decided on earlier.
"This has nothing to do with the by-election.
"The applications were received a long time ago and the decision was made before the election (was called)," he told a press conference outside Masjid Kampung Batu 3 today.
Muhyiddin noted that this was the information he obtained from Rural and Regional Development Minister Rina Harun.
"For me, there is no violation. If they (BN) want to lodge a report, go ahead," he insisted.
Read more: Harapan denies giving out hampers, offer letters in Semenyih
Earlier today, Harapan candidate Muhammad Aiman Zainali denied that the coalition had distributed hampers and house renovation offer letters to locals in Semenyih.
“Those (hampers and offer letters) are not from our side, but I’m not sure where they are from. I think we lodged a police report regarding this," he said.
Aiman was responding to Umno Youth chief Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki accusing Harapan of bribery.
In a Facebook post yesterday, Asyraf said that he and his team had seen the handouts allegedly being distributed to voters in the polling district of Sungai Jai.
He also published photos of the hampers and envelopes which contained the purported PPRT letters.
Earlier today, Kajang deputy OCPD Mohd Sabri Abdullah confirmed Negeri Sembilan Umno Youth chief Mohd Zaidy Abdul Kadir had lodged a report against Harapan over the welfare event.
When contacted, EC chief Azhar Harun said, "It is now up to the police to investigate and for the organisers to explain and defend themselves".
On another development, Muhyiddin said he has shortlisted several names to fill the post of inspector-general of police and would submit the list to Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad soon.
UMNO in action! Everything given out during election campaign periods WAS APPROVED A LONG TIME AGO. Does the EC buy this? Even if true, giving out the approved things during election campaigning is BRIBERY. We are fed up of this nonsense. Can't the EC stop it? Makes a mockery of "clean elections"! Just because it comes from a Minister, must the EC believe it at face value? If there is a loophole in the law, could Art Harun please plug it properly?
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