Amanah Youth today lodged a report with the MACC against Youth and Sports Minister and Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin over the latter's sponsorship of Umno Youth leaders to do the umrah.
In a statement, Amanah Youth chief Sany Hamzan (photo) said their report called for an investigation into the source of funds used by Khairy to sponsor the 191 Umno Youth division heads and exco-members for the umrah in Mecca.
Sany said he believed that Khairy should fulfil his obligation for accountability as a minister by revealing the source of the umrah sponsorship be it from his own pocket or as a monetary contribution by another party.
A March 4 report by Umno-linked portal SuaraTV had quoted Umno Youth exco Nazir Hussin Akhtar Hussin as saying that the sponsorship for the umrah trip had come from Khairy.
“For the sake of the nation’s integrity, we hope MACC will conduct a thorough investigation into the objective and source of the sponsorship,” said Sany.
It was previously reported that Umno Youth grassroots leader Syed Rosli Jamalullail had also planned to lodge a similar report with MACC on March 2 but had to postpone it as he was feeling unwell.
Syed had said that Khairy (who is also Umno Youth chief) would not voluntarily disclose his source of funds for the trip which Syed estimated to cost close to RM1.4 million.
“No comments,” an aide to Khairy told Malaysiakini when contacted yesterday. -Mkini
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