PN HQ staff laid off without pay after office shuttered - source

Summary

• A Perikatan Nasional lawmaker claims that staff working at the coalition's headquarters have been laid off without pay following administrative issues.

• The source also claims that PN has not yet appointed a treasurer, six months after the post was vacated.

Administrative trouble that reportedly caused Perikatan Nasional to shutter its headquarters also led to layoffs, according to a coalition insider.

A PN MP, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said he had verified this with staffers who were axed.

"I asked my friends working at the office, and they told me they had been laid off for almost two months and they haven't been paid yet," the source told Malaysiakini.

Earlier today, FMT cited sources to report that PN's headquarters at Solaris Dutamas had been closed since March.

Party leaders are claiming to be unaware of this development, with PN deputy chairperson Hamzah Zainudin saying he was in the dark as he was no longer the coalition's secretary-general.

Hamzah was replaced by Azmin Ali as PN secretary-general in December.

READ MORE: PN headquarters running at temporary location, says Azmin

Coalition treasurer

Meanwhile, besides woes at the party's headquarters, the PN source said another administrative matter that remains unresolved is the appointment of a new coalition treasurer.

The source said the post had remained vacant since Terengganu Menteri Besar Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar resigned as PN treasurer last December.

"But I don't know if (PN chairperson) Muhyiddin Yassin has quietly made an appointment," the lawmaker added.

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