Khalid receives show-cause letter over Faekah issue

A Chinese daily reported that Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim has been issued show-cause letter by PKR to explain why his political secretary Faekah Hussin should not be sacked.

Quoting sources, Sin Chew Daily today said that the PKR political bureau, during a meeting last Sunday, decided to issue Khalid (right) a show-cause letter by way of the party secretary-general requesting an explanation.

The bureau was of the view that the Selangor government should not practise double standards on the issue of support letters as there had been three such cases where the state sacked the officials concerned.

Faekah had earlier admitted she sent out a few letters for law firms seeking appointments to act as legal firms for state-owned Permodalan Negeri Selangor Bhd, including one run by her niece.

But she denied that these were support letters and Khalid has alsodefended her, saying the letter was a normal one and not against ethics.

However, Selangor PKR information chief and Sri Muda assemblyperson Shuhaimi Shafie still insisted that Khalid should takeaction against Faekah as swift action had previously been taken in cases where family members of state officials were involved in state-linked transactions.

Shuhaimi cited previous cases involving two Klang municipal councillors who were expelled for issuing support letters, namely Tee Boon Hock and Hamidah Mat Som, in 2010.

Khalid's former special officer Yahya Sahri was also given the same treatment in 2008 for allegedly abusing the state government's letterhead to collect donations.

However, yesterday Khalid defended Faekah (left) again, saying her letter was different from those of the previous cases.

Sin Chew Daily also reported that Khalid attended a PKR political bureau meeting last night at the party's Petaling Jaya headquarters, but refused to divulge details of what had transpired there when approached by reporters.