Malaysia

We’ll drop ministers, govt leaders with land, logging permits: PM

Administration has never reduced allocations, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim adds

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 28 Jul 2023 9:00PM

We’ll drop ministers, govt leaders with land, logging permits: PM
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim says there are certain parties that frequently slander the government and play up religious sentiments but dare not ban their leaders from profiting from logging activities, contracts and shareholdings. – Bernama pic, July 28, 2023

DUNGUN – The unity government does not permit any cabinet ministers or government leaders to benefit from government land or logging activities, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said.

He stressed that any minister or leader caught flouting the ban would be terminated from their position.

“The biggest difference between the unity government and previous administrations is that this government does not permit government ministers or leaders to touch a single inch of public land nor a single piece of timber.

“If this happens, they will be stripped of their positions,” he said during his speech at the Sentuhan Kasih Desa Terengganu programme at Bandar Al Muktafi Billah Shah here today, with Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Central Terengganu Development Authority chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Said, and several cabinet ministers in attendance.

Anwar said there are certain parties that frequently slander the government and play up religious sentiments but dare not ban their leaders from profiting from logging activities, contracts and shareholdings.

Anwar also said that the government has never betrayed Malaysians by reducing allocations as alleged by certain parties.

The prime minister said that with the improving economic situation, there is greater hope for the country to develop, and the government has even provided added allocations for infrastructure, including in opposition states. – Bernama, July 28, 2023

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