Kuala Lumpur: Annuar Musa has given his statement to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) last week over his claim that then prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin gave Umno millions of ringgit to help the party during the 2020 Sabah elections.
Annuar said he “happily” gave MACC a full explanation on his claim and will continue cooperating with the anti-graft agency.
“I told them the full story of what happened. I thanked them and will continue to cooperate with MACC, that’s my responsibility,” he said at a press conference at the Muafakat Nasional office here.
In a video posted on TikTok on Nov 21, Annuar claimed Muhyiddin had met him while in Sabah to give him “tens of millions” of ringgit. This led to questions on social media about the origin of the funds.
“I flew to Sabah and met Muhyiddin myself. (I) entered his bedroom and told him Umno didn’t have enough money and lacked funds. Muhyiddin gave tens of millions to help Umno when in Sabah,” Annuar said in the video which was posted two days after the 15th general election (GE15).
In the video, Annuar also said allegations that the Perikatan Nasional chairman intended to “kill” Umno were “false and fabricated”.
MACC is also set to summon Muhyiddin for questioning over the matter.
Muhyiddin also faces another MACC probe over the alleged misappropriation of funds by the previous Perikatan Nasional-led (PN) government. This involves some RM92.5 billion that his government had spent on Covid-19 management measures.
The PN chairman previously said his administration had only spent RM83 billion in fiscal injections up to June 2021, which he maintained was not misused.
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