'No meeting between Bersatu’s Kuala Kangsar MP and Anwar' - Zahid

KUALA LUMPUR - No meetings or discussions were held between Kuala Kangsar MP Datuk Iskandar Dzulkarnain Abdul Khalid and the prime minister to gain the former's support for the Unity government.

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said it was done on Iskandar's own accord.

“The Cabinet was informed this morning that Kuala Kangsar MP (Iskandar Dzulkarnain) didn’t call, meet, or hold a meeting with Prime Minister (Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim) to gain the former's support for the unity government without leaving his party (Bersatu).

“This was done on his own accord,” he said in a press conference after the tabling of Budget 2024 at the parliament lobby on Friday.

Earlier today, Perikatan Nasional (PN) secretary-general Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin said the threat and intimidation used on the MP were to secure support for the Madani government in regaining a two-thirds majority in Parliament.

Hamzah claimed that on Oct 1, Iskandar was brought to meet a senior officer from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) at a hotel in Damansara and was threatened with corruption charges if he was unwilling to sign a pre-prepared media statement stating his support for the government.

Yesterday, Iskandar, in a statement, decided to support Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s administration.