Umno deputy president Mohamad Hasan has refused to comment on the alleged plot being hatched to topple the government.
According to Utusan Online, the foreign minister offered nothing more than a smile when quizzed on the matter at the sidelines of an event in Putrajaya.
“Ask me about tourism only,” the Rembau MP told reporters.
On Tuesday, Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi confirmed that attempts are being made to unseat the Anwar Ibrahim administration.
“We received intelligence reports from their (alleged plotters) flight to the location (Dubai), and got a report afterwards,” he claimed.
Zahid, who is also the deputy prime minister, said the move involved lawmakers from the government bloc as well.
Since the infamous Sheraton Move in 2020, which led to the collapse of the 22-month-old Pakatan Harapan government, Malaysian politics has witnessed a constant realignment of forces.
In August 2021, Perikatan Nasional chairperson Muhyiddin Yassin, who spearheaded the Sheraton Move, was forced to resign as prime minister following divisions between him and Umno.
Meanwhile, a loyalist to former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who has been involved and implicated in all major political upheavals in the nation for several decades, denied that he is linked to the Dubai Move.
The 98-year-old politician, who has not concealed his dissatisfaction with Anwar’s leadership, is also peeved that the MACC is investigating his close associate Daim Zainuddin.
Last month, tongues wagged when Anwar moved Mohamad from the defence portfolio to the Foreign Ministry.
This led to speculation that Zahid had masterminded the move to weaken his number two’s influence in Umno. - Mkini
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