Malaysian minister denies opposition claim his 'wife' stole money from warship project

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A Malaysian opposition leader has alleged that more than RM200 million (S$62 million) were siphoned out of a controversial warship project to companies linked to the second wife of an ex-deputy defence minister Abdul Latiff Ahmad, who denied the woman is his wife. Read more at straitstimes.com.

PETALING JAYA - Malaysian opposition leader Rafizi Ramli on Monday alleged that more than RM200 million were siphoned out ofto companies linked to the second wife of an ex-deputy defence minister.

"My checks revealed that the the misappropriation of public funds from the LCS project has been going on for years and was well planned," Mr Rafizi said. But Mr Abdul Latiff the minister said in a statement:"Referring to media reports on the LCS project probe, I would like to stress that Zainab Mohd Salleh is not my wife as stated in the stories.

“Tomorrow, I will reveal specific documents that link Latiff with an individual named Zainab Mohd Salleh who is the owner of Alizes Marine,” he said. The vessels, to be used to patrol Malaysia's shoreline, were to be delivered from 2019 onwards, but none are ready today.

 

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wow...more disclosures...what can we say...this is NOT what the rakyat wanna hear !!

straits_times Being cancer-stricken and begging CPF Board to repay overdue debt; that which in any case cannot be done as the money had been commingled and funneled to private entity Temasek Holdings for Ho Ching to wager on unviable, untenable and ultimately, invariably doomed gambles

straits_times The fact that he used his current ministry's letterhead for his personal refutation is already an indication of 'abuse of power'.

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