Govt leaders with land, logging permits will be dropped - PM

Ministers or government leaders are not permitted to benefit from government land or logging activities, said Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

He stressed that any minister or leader caught flouting the ban will be terminated from their position.

“The biggest difference between the unity government and previous administrations is that this government does not permit government ministers or leaders to touch a single inch of public land nor a single piece of timber.

“If this happens, they will be stripped of their positions,” he said.

Anwar was delivering a speech at the Sentuhan Kasih Desa Terengganu programme at Bandar Al Muktafi Billah Shah in Dungun, Terengganu, today.

Also present were Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, the Central Terengganu Development Authority (Ketengah) chairperson, and several ministers.

Anwar said there were certain parties that frequently slandered the government and played up religious sentiments but dared not ban their leaders from profiting from logging activities, contracts, and shareholdings.

He also said the government has never betrayed Malaysians by reducing allocations as alleged by certain parties.

The prime minister said with the improving economic situation, there is greater hope for the country to develop, and the government has even provided additional allocations for infrastructure, including in opposition states.

- Bernama