KOTA KINABALU : Pakatan NGO
Pro BN has again called Beaufort MP Datuk Lajim Hj Ukin to clarify how he came
to have RM50,000 to purchase a Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim love-letter at a recent
auction.
Its President, Zulkarnain
Mahdar made the call just days after lodging a report with the Malaysian Anti
Corruption Commission (MACC) over the purchase.
He said, on Wednesday, as a
public figure, Lajim should be able to make public the matter, especially, if
the purchase was made using taxpayers' money.
"If Lajim were a
businessman, then the subject of how he wants to spend his money is entirely
his own discretion," he said.
The letter was purchased by
Lajim during a fund-raising auction at the Pakatan Rakyat's Premier Dinner held
in Shah Alam in Sept 29 last year, which contained opposition leader, Anwar's
message to his wife, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah, while he was in prison.
Zulkarnain said he had also
issued a letter to Anwar, who is also the Keadilan Party adviser, demanding him
to return the money, which he said would be put to good use, if it is spent on
the people in Beaufort.
He said the money would be
well spent if it were given to the needy.
He said the purchase should
have not been made by any elected representative, although the "love
letter" has its sentimental value.
Zulkarnain also said that he
would also launch a similar action against any Barisan Nasional leader if found
to have misappropriated any fund. (DE)
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