Menjawab isu mengenai surat yang ditulisnya kepada kepada Biro Siasatan Persekutuan (FBI) berhubung isu raja judi Paul Phua Wei Seng, Zahid berkata beliau mempunyai kuasa menulis surat itu.
"Menteri sebelum saya juga keluarkan surat penjelasan. Berdasarkan kuasa kepada menteri itulah saya menandatangani surat itu.
"Menteri dalam negeri sebelum saya juga mengeluarkan surat yang sama," katanya pada satu sidang media di bangunan Kementerian Dalam Negeri di Putrajaya 15 Januari lalu.
Menteri sebelum dia sudah tentulah Hishamuddin Tun Hussein..
Tapi hari ini ketika ditemui wartawan selepas pengumuman semakan Bajet 2015 oleh Perdana Menteri di Putrajaya, Hishamuddin menafikan dakwaan Zahid itu..
Hishammuddin Hussein berkata beliau tidak pernah menulis surat yang menyatakan sokongan untuk mana-mana individu kepada Biro Siasatan Persekutuan (FBI) sekarang atau pada masa beliau sebagai Menteri Dalam Negeri.
"No. Saya tidak pernah menghantar surat sokongan kepada FBI, "katanya kepada pemberita di Putrajaya.
"Saya tidak boleh komen, saya hanya boleh menjawab untuk diri sendiri," katanya ketika diminta bercakap mengenai tindakan Zahid.
Kah.. kah.. kah.. kesian kat Zahid.. kawan dia dah kantoikan dia...
Laporan berkaitan...
Hishammuddin: I never wrote any letters to FBI
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 20 ― Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said today he has never written a letter stating support for any individuals to the US’ Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) now or during his time as home minister.
The defence minister was asked today about current Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who wrote a letter to the FBI clearing alleged gambling kingpin Paul Phua of links to the 14K triad.
Zahid was previously quoted as saying he was not the only Cabinet member to have penned such letters to the FBI.
“No. I have never sent a support letter to the FBI,” Hishammuddin told reporters here after the prime minister’s announcement of revisions to Budget 2015.
“I can't comment, I can only answer for myself,” he added when asked to speak on Zahid’s action.
Zahid defended last Thursday his decision to write the letter on Phua to the FBI, saying it was done within his powers as the home minister.
He also said he could not reveal why he wrote that Phua was assisting Putrajaya on security matters, adding that the letter was written following a request by the firm representing Phua here, Shafee & Co
~ TheMalayMail
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