Commenting on Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin’s charges in court this morning, the party’s secretary-general Hamzah Zainudin expressed his disappointment.
“I think his arrest was planned because most of his charges were new accusations… Suddenly, he’s charged immediately.
“They (the MACC) should have investigated the new allegations much earlier,” Hamzah (above) told reporters after attending the Bersatu annual general meeting (AGM) at the Menara PGRM in Kuala Lumpur today.
The Larut MP then mirrored Muhyiddin’s adamant declaration yesterday that there was nothing wrong with the party receiving donations, even if it was from tycoon Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary.
“Syed Mokhtar or any other business mogul can donate to whichever political party they want.
“It’s not wrong because it’s not towards the party’s leaders’ pockets. It’s for the party’s use,” Hamzah said.
‘MACC provided too little documents’
The opposition leader added that when the party requested the MACC to provide the evidence that led to Muhyiddin’s arrest, the documents provided were too little.
Moreover, like most of his peers, Hamzah accused the coalition government, especially Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, of “fabricating lies” that would purposely bring down Perikatan Nasional (PN).
He said there were many attempts to make the opposition look bad but stated that the government should “look at themselves first”.
He used Anwar’s international trips to meet other leaders as an example.
“Whenever Anwar flies to another country and speaks with their local media, he’s always asked the same thing: Why did he make Zahid his deputy prime minister?
“Why? Because let’s not forget that Zahid has unfinished court cases under his belt too,” he concluded.
Bersatu’s world had been shaking the past few days after their president was arrested and charged with four counts of abuse of power and two money laundering charges involving RM232.5 million.
The four abuse of power charges, framed under Section 23(1) of the MACC Act 2009, accused Muhyiddin of using his position as then-prime minister and Bersatu president for an inducement of RM232.5 million from three companies and an individual, between March 1, 2020, and Aug 20, 2021.
The two money laundering charges were laid out under Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001, read with Section 87(1) of the same Act. - Mkini
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