Mat Hasan: I'm not Minangkabau, RM6m house design doesn't suit me
RANTAU POLLS | Former Negeri Sembilan menteri besar Mohamad Hasan has distanced himself from a Minangkabau-style house in Seremban 2, which critics say belong to him.
"In terms of design itself, it doesn't suit me...
RANTAU POLLS | Former Negeri Sembilan menteri besar Mohamad Hasan has distanced himself from a Minangkabau-style house in Seremban 2, which critics say belong to him.
"In terms of design itself, it doesn't suit me.
"I am not of Minangkabau descent," Mohamad said at a press conference in Rantau today.
Social media has been rife with claims that Mohamad owns a house in Saujana Duta in Seremban 2 - said to be worth about RM6 million - which is designed with a "Minangkabau-style" roof.
Mohamad said when he was menteri besar, he had departed from the past policy for Negeri Sembilan buildings to be built in the Minangkabau style, preferring instead a Negeri Sembilan Malay style.
The traditional Negeri Sembilan Malay house design doesn't have the iconic curved roofs and "horns" of a Minangkabau house.
Mohamad said his house in Rantau, which is next door to the BN command centre where the press conference was held, is in the Negeri Sembilan Malay style.
The issue of Mohamad's properties arose after he said he had forgotten to buy a home in Seremban, which left him homeless upon being evicted from the Negeri Sembilan menteri besar's official residence following BN's defeat last year.
This was part of a larger attack on Mohamad regarding his 2008 case, where he transferred RM10 million to London via a money changer.
He denied any wrongdoing saying it was to buy an apartment in London.
Meanwhile, Mohamad said Putrajaya's failed bid to pass a constitutional amendment yesterday was due to its own arrogance.
He said the bill was bulldozed without proper consultation, and does not grant Sabah and Sarawak autonomy.
"Even Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) didn't support it, what does that mean?" he asked.
He said Putrajaya should have acceded to BN's push for the bill to be brought before a parliamentary select committee.
Putrajaya's bill sought to revert the wording of Article 1(2) of the Federal Constitution similar to its original 1963 version, which would establish Sabah and Sarawak each as a separate territory equal to Malaya.
The bill was defeated after Putrajaya garnered 138 votes - 10 votes short of the two-thirds majority needed for a constitutional amendment.
BN and GPS lawmakers were among those who abstained from voting.
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