Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has rubbished claims of crossover offers allegedly made to two Pakatan Rakyat assemblymen here and wants the matter to be put to rest.
“People tend to claim this and that, and make all kinds of assumptions and allegations,” he told a press conference after launching the Malaysia Social Safety Net programme at Arena Square here yesterday.
He was responding to two reports lodged earlier with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) by DAP’s Malim Nawar assemblyman Keshvinder Singh and PKR’s Kuala Kurau assemblyman Abdul Yunus Jamahari, claiming they were offered money and positions to leave their parties.
Keshvinder Singh also claimed that he knew Jelapang assemblyman Hee Yit Foong was made an offer of RM20mil in a private overseas transaction just before Chinese New Year if she left the DAP to become an independent representative.
Abdullah said that when such allegations were made, all sorts of stories surfaced, regardless of how far-fetched they were.
On the impending by-elections in Bukit Gantang, Bukit Selambau and Batang Ai, Abdullah said Barisan Nasional would place equal focus on all three seats.
When asked to comment on Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir not heeding his advice to lodge a police report against Perak Speaker V. Sivakumar for suspending the Barisan state government from the state assembly, Abdullah said: “That is a matter for him to decide.”
Meanwhile, in Ipoh, Keshvinder Singh told reporters after lodging his report that he would make a statutory declaration this week on the identity of the person who made him the RM20mil offer, and other details of the incident.
He said the person, a Chinese newspaper journalist he knew, had met him in Kampar, and tried to confuse him by saying DAP exco members were getting rich with timber concessions.
Keshvinder Singh said that after the conversation, he contacted Hee, urging her not to take up the offer and she had assured that she would not.
He said the man had also claimed that the offer was valid only until Chinese New Year because Pakatan assemblymen would be “crossing over,” but he did not believe him then.
“He said a private jet would take my family overseas, and our comings and goings would not be recorded.
“He also said the public would make noise for one or two months but everything would be okay after three months and I could return,” Keshvinder Singh added.
Abdul Yunus alleged that “Barisan agents” repeatedly tried to get him to cross over.
Abdul Yunus said groups of at least three men met him about 10 times to offer up to RM8mil, positions and timber concessions.
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