PUNISHED FOR POINTING OUT RM257 MIL ROYAL EXPENSE BILL & ANWAR’S ENCROACHING WAYS, KADIR JASIN INSISTS DECISION TO QUIT WAS ‘PURELY’ HIS OWN

Veteran journalist A Kadir Jasin has said that he would like to focus on writing after resigning as spokesperson for the Council of Eminent Persons.

“If what I write is attributed to other people, then it’s not good for me and not good for people. (It’s) my decision (to resign) since I want to be a writer than anything else.

“It’s my way of thinking as a journalist,” he told reporters when met at Menara Ilham in Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, today.

Kadir reiterated that his resignation on June 9 was not due to pressure from any party.

“As my statement says, nobody asked me to leave or stay. It was purely my decision,” he said.

Asked who would replace him as council spokesperson, Kadir said he had no knowledge about the matter.

He said that he was there to meet the council head Daim Zainuddin but refused to divulge details.

“I’m here to wish Daim Selamat Hari Raya,” he quipped. – M’kini

Purely my decision to resign, says Kadir Jasin

– ANN