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Daim bites back, to sue Anwar
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Daim bites back, to sue Anwar
‘Race card’ derailed Harapan’s toll plans
Too hot for third vote now
Daim bites back, to sue Anwar
Former finance minister Daim Zainuddin breaks his silence on MACC’s investigation into his wealth.
In a scathing media statement, he censured both Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and the anti-graft commission’s chief commissioner Azam Baki.
“Anwar’s latest tirade against me on Dec 22 (saying) ‘it is an open secret. Someone had reaped so much wealth’, is a reckless and unsubstantiated insinuation that I am guilty of some unspecified offences.
“This amply shows his animus against me,” he said.
Accusing Anwar of making “blatant insinuations” about his guilt, Daim said he has consulted his lawyers and will take the appropriate action in due course.
As for Azam, the former minister, who denied any wrongdoing, said: “It is unacceptable, unprofessional, and suspicious that he (Azam) has resorted to making various prejudicial comments against me in public whilst the investigation is still ongoing.”
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‘Race card’ derailed Harapan’s toll plans
In a case of many “formers”, the former political aide to former finance minister Lim Guan Eng has accused the former adviser to former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad of scuttling the former Pakatan Harapan government’s toll rationalisation plans.
"There was a former adviser to the prime minister (Mahathir), an economic adviser, who said that this was DAP's way to profit Chinese companies.
"Better still, (the adviser claimed it was) not only to profit Chinese companies but was DAP's way to benefit non-Malay toll users in the Klang Valley," alleged Tony Pua.
However, the former Damansara Utama MP did not name the former adviser when revealing this issue in a podcast hosted by former Bangi MP Ong Kiang Ming.
After the collapse of the Harapan government, Mahathir and Pua locked horns over the former premier’s memoirs titled “Capturing Hope: The Struggle Continues for a New Malaysia”.
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Too hot for third vote now
Housing and Local Government Development Minister Nga Kor Ming said there is a “right time for everything”.
Therefore, the DAP leader said restoring local government elections is not Putrajaya’s priority as the focus is on projects that benefit the people.
“Our country is just recovering from political turmoil. Now, it is time to calm the political temperature and carry out works that benefit the rakyat,” he said.
Nga pointed out that it has just been a year since the Pakatan Harapan-BN coalition government came into power.
“Give me 10 years, and after I complete 50,000 public infrastructure projects, maybe that’s the right time,” he said, alluding to local government polls.
The Federal Territories DAP’s call to restore the third vote courted widespread backlash from political foes and friends alike, as well as a police report from the Federal Territories PAS Youth.
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Several groups expressed concern that a young Malaysian had to resort to writing to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim just to be allowed to attend school.
Customs director-general Anis Rizana Zainudin said the interstate transfers of customs officers are carried out per the department’s guidelines. This is after a customs officer’s union claimed that some have been involuntarily transferred.
Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad has sent a letter of demand to Bersatu information committee member Badrul Hisham Shaharin over the latter’s graft allegation.
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