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Wan Junaidi’s political sec lodges police report against two news portals 10 May 2021 / 20:43 H. Pix for illustration purposes.
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LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Syed Hamzah Syed Paie, the political secretary to the Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister, has lodged a police report against two news portals for falsely linking him to the approval of a ministry grant to his wife’s company.
He said the police report was made against Malaysia Chronicles and Sarawak Report for spreading fake news and defaming him and Minister Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.
“The SME Corp grant totalling RM338,950 to my wife’s company Azzahra Product Sdn Bhd does not have any connection with Wan Junaidi as minister and I as his political secretary,” he told reporters after lodging the report at the Dang Wangi district police headquarters at 11 am today.
The so-called Ministry for Entrepreneur Development And Co-operatives (MEDAC) set up by the PH government in 2018 saw some brutal management changes shortly after the backdoor coup was staged early last year.
MEDAC last year received a budget of some RM320 million, all of which was purportedly spent on deserving local entrepreneurs. However, certain insiders have described the ministry as a nice source of ‘easy money’ for well-connected individuals who know how to work the system to obtain substantial grants from public money.
“Politicians leverage their opportunities and get friends to go and ask for grants” opines one such disenchanted source.