Nga rubbishes claims he received RM300,000
IPOH: Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Nga Kor Ming has rubbished claims that he received a donation from a businessman prior to the 14th General Election.
“All the reports made to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in Kuala Lumpur yesterday (Thursday) are untrue.
“In fact, (the businessman who allegedly made the donation) Koon (Yew Yin) has made an open apology (to me for making the claim).”
Nga was commenting on two reports lodged with MACC by lawyer Mohd Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz over possible elements of corruption involving Koon and several individuals in the Perak government.
Khairul said he lodged the reports based on a Nov 2 article published on Koon’s blog, titled “Perak sultan has no right to stop my appointment as economic adviser”.
He said the article, which has since been removed by Koon, saw the businessman admitting to having donated hundreds of thousands of ringgit to Pakatan Harapan parties, in return for him being appointed as the state economic adviser.
Khairul was quoted as saying MACC should investigate Nga, who allegedly received RM300,000, as claimed in Koon’s second article dated Nov 5.
The lawyer said he managed to screenshot the articles before they were removed by the author.
Nga, who is Perak DAP chairman, said Koon had apologised to him on Nov 6.
In his letter of apology, Koon, who is the founder of one of the country’s largest construction firms, had sought Nga’s forgiveness for penning the article.
State DAP Youth chief, Howard Lee Chuan How, said the allegations were not an issue as Koon had already apologised.