After MACC declines probe, PM Anwar says others can investigate Perikatan over gaming funds

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has defended previous remarks alleging Perikatan Nasional (PN) accepted gaming companies’ funds ahead of the 15th...

Saturday, 27 May 2023 4:54 PM MYT

Speaking to reporters at the National Book Festival here, Anwar said those such as PN chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin were entitled to sue him for defamation if they so wished, but insisted his remarks were sound. Yesterday, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said confirmed that the MACC did not formally investigate PN over the claim as the information it received was “too general”.

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