PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Suhaimi Ibrahim, the former ministerial political secretary hauled up by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission recently, said he will not likely seek legal action against blogsites who named him over his arrest.
Suhaimi, who was an aide to former Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, said he was willing to forgive the blogsites if they ceased publishing inaccurate
“I was surprised that reports that I was the owner of 10 cars seized by the MACC when I have not even entered, let alone driven any one of them,” Suhaimi told the New Straits Times when contacted earlier this morning.
“The online reports have wrongly exposed me and left me vulnerable to public vilification.
“It has ruined my life but what is done, is done, and we have to move forward," he said.
On Tuesday, several online portals reported Suhaimi's arrest with a seizure of the 10 vehicles allegedly belonging to him.
He added the online reports had damaged his reputation and created a bad perception of his person and the reports were published without proper verification.
Suhaimi, who was Sharizat's political secretary since 2008 until recently, said he will provide full cooperation with the MACC throughout the probe.
He said he immediately went to the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya at the request of an investigator and that the officers who questioned him had clearly understood his statements.
“They (MACC) acted professionally throughout questioning which went on during the weekend."
Suhaimi clarified that the MACC had questioned him on matters relating to government programmes and initiatives under the National Key Result Area (NKRA), which included the 1Azam poverty eradication scheme.
Explaining certain details of the probe, Suhaimi said the questioning revolved around certain aspects of 1Azam, including developments and small-scale projects which he was not directly involved in.
“These are mostly projects which I did not have the discretion to approve and was not my responsibility during my tenure (as political secretary),”
He added that the reports made it seem as though he was the sole person being probed when there were seven other officers who were called in by the MACC.
“Perhaps the Road and Transport department or Police can confirm that I am not the owner of the cars that were seized by the MACC,” he said.
