Mahathir to campaign against defectors
Published on: Tuesday, August 04, 2020
By: Malay Mail
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Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad speaks during an interview with Reuters in Kuala Lumpur March 13, 2020. — Reuters pic
Kuala Lumpur: Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pic) has said he will be going to Sabah to campaign against those who defected in support of former Chief Minister Tan Sri Musa Aman last week.Speaking on a Facebook Live session with MyPerintis Monday, the Langkawi MP added that the root cause of the 13 assemblymen’s decision to withdraw support from Chief Minister and Parti Warisan Sabah president Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal was money.
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“I will go to Sabah, because I feel what happened in Sabah is a very bad example of corruption. I found out that the 13 assemblymen left government parties to join Opposition parties.
“If they leave because they disagree with the (state) policies, we can accept, but they leave because of money. They leave because of bribes,” he told founding chairman of MyPerintis Datuk Lawrence Low.
Also present during the interview were Chester Venture Berhad founder Datuk Howard Chew and wealth strategist/business mentor Datuk Seri Adrian Wee.
Dr Mahathir said the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government, which he headed until February and was allies with Shafie, always upheld good governance and tried to change the corruption-laden culture of the previous government.
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He said that after the PH government was toppled by Perikatan Nasional (PN), corruption is rife once more.
“We are very sad because of the open corruption that is now happening in Sabah. This is not healthy for Malaysia.
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“I hope those who jumped ship will be rejected by the Sabah people,” he said.
Last Friday, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Sabah director S. Karunanithy said it had opened an investigation into claims that several assemblymen were offered cash and positions to jump ship.
The MACC, he said, contacted some of the assemblymen who had made such allegations through the media in recent days.
“From our discussions with them, these assemblymen did not want to make any official report. They told us no corrupt transactions had taken place at this point of time,” he said.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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