JUST LIKE NAJIB, WOULD POTENTIAL SUCCESSOR AZMIN BE SATISFIED WITH A ‘GUTTER’ RM300 MILLION? ‘IF I HAD RM300MIL, I WOULD NO LONGER BE IN PKR, RIGHT?’ – WRONG AZMIN, LIKE NAJIB YOU MIGHT BE TARGETING RM3 BILLION OR EVEN RM30 BILLION – WHO KNOWS?

Economic Affairs Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali (above) has brushed off the allegation that he and his associates have over RM300 million stashed overseas.

Speaking to the press at an open house event today, the former Selangor menteri besar described the accusation as gutter politics.

He added that he posses that much money, he would no longer need to be a politician.

“I don’t entertain gutter politics.

“If I were to have over RM300 million, I would no longer be Keadilan (PKR), right?” he said.

Ever since they took over Selangor in 2009, he said, Pakatan Harapan and the now-defunct Pakatan Rakyat had made it a practice to declare their assets.

He was referring to the accusation leveled by blogger Toyol of Selangor, who claimed to have worked for Azmin before.

He had claimed in a blog posting on June 18 that Azmin and the latter’s wife Shamsidar Taharin have multiple bank accounts overseas.

‘Lodge a report’

Azmin urged the perpetrator behind allegation to lodge a report with the authorities.

“Do not just make baseless accusations and allegations, this should not have happened in this day and age,” he said.

“Any individual who has strong evidence can bring their case to the authorities, so an investigation can be carried out,” he added.

“For me, this is a malicious attempt to tarnish my reputation.”

When asked if he is willing to be probed, he said such accusations were not new to him.

Meanwhile, Shamsida, who accompanied Azmin to the the open house event, also denied she has several dozens accounts overseas.

“I don’t know about it, I don’t have (such accounts),” she said.

– M’kini