KUALA LUMPUR: PAS is demanding that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) probe a revelation that Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak had offered MIC president S Samy Vellu a Tun-ship and an ambassadorial position as a compromise in the Hulu Selangor by-election.
Deputy president Mahfuz Omar, who made the call, cited the recent disclosure by S Samy Vellu’s son, Vell Paari.
Vell Paari had allegedly said that a special officer from the PM’s office had visited his father and made the offer in connection with the candidate issue during the Hulu Selangor by-election.
(Umno had been against Samy Vellu’s initial choice of deputy MIC president G Palanivel as the candidate. Umno had initially pushed for local boy V Mugilan, but later went with Najib’s choice of P Kamalanathan.)
“Vell Paari’s expose is a serious issue. It shows there were... corrupt practices in the selection of the BN candidate from MIC in the Hulu Selangor by-election,” he said.
According to him, Vell Paari’s allegations showed that this “form of bribery” was not only confined to the selection of the BN candidate in Hulu Selangor but must have also figured in other decisions made by Najib, who also is the BN chairman.
“The offers were aimed at shutting the mouth of other leaders within BN and ensuring the coalition’s political interest is safeguarded.
‘It’s an abuse of power which could result in the loss of national assets...,” said Mahfuz, who is also Pokok Sena MP.
Corrupt offers
Meanwhile in Perak, PKR Youth wing Angkatan Muda Keadilan (AMK) blew the lid off on ex-PKR assemblyman Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi (Behrang), claiming that he was making offers to members as an enticement to quit PKR.
(Jamaluddin was among the three elected Pakatan Rakyat representatives who were “bought over” which resulted in a reverse takeover of the Perak government by BN last year.)
State AMK chief Abdul Yunus Jamhari said Jamaluddin was using former Parit division chairman Faizal Effandi Hashim to do the dirty work.
“Faizal has been making offers through telephone calls and SMS.
“Faizal has been deriding the party since he quit and Jamaluddin has been using him to taunt and entice members with big offers.
“We understand that there are other BN leaders higher up who are also involved,” he said yesterday.
Abdul Yunus said he had proof of a secret meeeting arranged by Faizal on May 22 at a condominium in Ipoh, which was attended by Jamaluddin and several AMK members.
‘Our informant said the discussions revolved around the need to quit PKR’s struggle and the route to take to leave the party.
‘Before the members left, they were given RM300 each as pocket money,” he said..
At least six AMK grassroots leaders have come forward to record statements alleging that Faizal had either called or texted them with offers to quit the party.
The six are Abdul Jamil Abdul Halim (Sungai Siput), Yahya Sijari (Bagan Datoh), Mohd Uzaimi Mohd Yusof (Gerik), Mohd Yusri Yaacob (Lumut), Azzemi Adnan ( Tapah), and Manichalvan Muniandy (Beruas).
Abdul Yunus said AMK Perak will be lodging reports with the police and MACC soon.
“It is clearly against the laws of the country. Now that we have proof and witness, we will be lodging the reports,” he said.
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