MACC report lodged against PM over leaked audio

Three youth wings of the Pakatan Harapan coalition today filed a MACC report against Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin over the leaked audio recording uploaded on a Facebook page.

In the recording, a man whose voice resembles that of Muhyiddin is heard as saying that Umno MPs can be enticed to join Bersatu if they are offered ministerships or GLC posts.

In a media conference outside of the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya today, Amanah deputy youth chief Shazni Munir Mohd Ithnin said the Perikatan Nasional government had shared "the spoils of war" as planned by Muhyiddin in the audio.

"In the audio, It's clear that Muhyiddin had planned to use his position in the government by offering bribes in a form of ministerships and GLC positions to obtain full support from MPs for him and Bersatu leadership.

Perikatan Nasional had distributed positions among them a la robbers in (P Ramlee's) film Nujum Pak Belalang - (the dialogue goes) 'one for you, one for me'.

"Muhyiddin's action is not only wrong from the legal aspect but also from the moral aspect, and he has brought shame to the Malays and the country.

"If such action took place in another country, the people would have surely brought the issue to the street and demanded the corrupt leader to resign," Shazni said.

Shazni added that none of the individuals who were offered a position stepped forward to lodge a report against Muhyiddin over the corruption.

"Therefore, as responsible citizens, we come to lodge a report on corruption against Muhyiddin and urge the MACC to open an investigation paper.

"We don't want the country to be helmed by a kleptocrat leader like Barisan Nasional or Umno before the 14th general election," he said.

DAP Youth chief Howard Lee and Bersatu Armada exco member Abu Hafiz Salleh Hudin were also present while there was no representative from PKR.

The recording, which purportedly featured the Bersatu president, is said to have been taken from the Bersatu supreme council meeting on Feb 23 this year.

"If they know a new government is being formed, with Umno in, 'Why don't you (Umno MPs) join in now, why don't you join us now, rather than you join later?'

"I think if we did that, a majority will leave Umno (with just) 10-20 (MPs), with just Najib (Abdul Razak) and his people (left behind).

"Especially if there are positions. If not a minister, then chairperson of a GLC," the man said in the recording.

Since coming to power, Muhyiddin's PN government has appointed more than three dozen of its MPs as heads of GLCs, government agencies, and newly-created diplomatic positions. - Mkini