'Huge lie': Onn denies Anwar barred from using Muar hall

JOHOR POLLS | Caretaker Johor menteri besar Onn Hafiz Ghazi said a claim that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was prevented from using a public hall in Muar recently is a "huge lie".

Onn (above) dismissed the allegations made by PKR Youth chief Kamil Abdul Munim as just a strategy aimed at influencing voters.

"This is a huge lie. This is how they campaign - with lies," he told reporters when met after launching BN's machinery in Sekijang yesterday.

However, the Umno leader did not elaborate further.

Kamil - who is also Anwar's aide at the Finance Ministry - claimed on Monday that the premier was not allowed to use a hall in Sungai Balang, Muar, two weeks ago.

He demanded that the Johor government explain the reasons for this. No proof was furnished to prove this allegation.

This came a week after Onn himself claimed to have been barred from entering a Felda to carry out a state government programme.

Both Anwar and Onn's party boss, Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, have denied that there was any ban against the caretaker menteri besar.

On a separate matter, Onn dismissed a report citing sources that BN's internal surveys projected that the coalition would win just 35 seats instead of 40, calling it another “huge lie”.

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