The presence of several Umno ministers at a hotel in Putrajaya yesterday morning was just to have breakfast together, says Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Noh Omar.

"It was a spontaneous breakfast plan when the cabinet meeting was postponed to 10am because Prime Minister Ismail Sabri had a Police Day programme (215th Police Day celebration)," he said when asked about the meeting of several Umno ministers at the hotel.

Noh, who is also the Selangor Umno liaison body chairperson, said he was surprised that the matter became an issue.

"On Fridays, we usually start at 9am because we want to finish before 1pm.

"But today, because the prime minister was attending the Police Day (programme), the meeting started at 10am. So those of us who arrived early went to have breakfast near the hotel in front of the Prime Minister's Department building," he said, adding that no deputy ministers were present at the time.

Meanwhile, Minister of Communications and Multimedia Annuar Musa in a tweet also confirmed the matter.

"This morning, the cabinet meeting began an hour later because the prime minister had to attend a Police Day (programme). While waiting, we had breakfast at Pulse Grande Putrajaya, treated by Minister of Housing and Local Government Reezal Merican, ”he said.

In Kuala Lumpur, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin denied that there were discussions on the dissolution of Parliament in a meeting involving Umno cabinet ministers and deputy ministers in Putrajaya.

“We only had breakfast. Reezal gave us a treat because we hadn't seen each other for a long time. There was nothing (no discussion) on the dissolution of Parliament,” he said in a press conference after a working visit to the national headquarters of the Red Crescent.

- Bernama

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