PETALING JAYA: PKR president Anwar Ibrahim has named four more of his MPs who he said were offered money to leave the party and cross over to become Perikatan Nasional supporters.
The four are Padang Serai MP M Karuppaiya, Sungai Siput’s S Kesavan, Putatan’s Awang Husain and Miri’s Michael Teo Yu Leong. Sekijang MP Natrah Ismail had earlier lodged a police report that she had been given offers to switch parties.
Anwar said the four were offered money to jump, adding that this was abuse of power.
“Even after luring three or four of our MPs, they still don’t have majority and they won’t have 106 MPs,” he claimed during a press conference at Eastin Hotel, today. The government needs 111 MPs to have a majority in the Dewan Rakyat.
He said that besides Natrah, the others were also given offers while some were contacted with threats, unless they switched parties.
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