KUALA LUMPUR: Putrajaya wants stern action to be taken against former prime minister Najib Razak for leaking a portion of the Felda White Paper before it was tabled in the lower house today.
Economic Affairs Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali said he was aware that Najib (BN-Pekan) had published a portion of the White Paper on his Facebook yesterday evening, even though it had been embargoed until this morning.
“How can a former prime minister commit such an offence? How can he publish a document yesterday evening, when it had been embargoed till this morning?
“So, early this morning, I have already brought forward a motion for stern action to be taken against Pekan. It is a big offence although it may be small to him,” he said during his winding-up speech of the White Paper today.
Azmin (PH-Gombak) also chided Najib for his debates on Facebook.
Azmin was responding to a question by Fahmi Fadzil (PH-Lembah Pantai) on whether Azmin was aware that Najib had published the embargoed document yesterday evening.
Fahmi said Najib had violated Standing Order 95A by publishing a part of the document before the embargo had been lifted.
According to Standing Order 95A, leakage of such bills and papers, in whole or in part, before the stated date, is in contempt of the lower house.
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