‘Nothing wrong with handouts’

ALOR STAR: Barisan Nasional (BN) parliamentary candidate for the Sungai Petani seat Datuk Shahanim Mohd Yusof has defended her action of distributing packets believed to contain cash at a residential area in Sungai Petani.

Shahanim said what she did was not wrong and was done in her capacity as a senator and to help the underprivileged.

“I don’t think it was wrong, it’s not even nomination day. I was only helping the Indian community there by using my allocation as senator,” she told reporters when approached at Seri Mentaloon yesterday.

Shahanim slammed the Opposition for trying to tarnish her name by circulating a video on the incident.

“This is why the Anti-Fake News law was approved, to counter all kinds of fake news like this,” she said.

Shahanim said she would lodge a police report over it.

The clip also showed the former Kedah Puteri chief asking attendees to vote for BN, as it is the only coalition that can help the people. – by Imran Hilmy