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21 June 2018
Umno acting president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had pleaded with Khairuddin to arrange meeting with Dr Mahathir on june 9
Zahid begged me to arrange ‘Ramadan’ meeting with Dr M, says Khairuddin
FMT Reporters | June 21, 2018
Khairuddin Abu Hassan rejects a claim by the Umno acting president that he was invited to meet the prime minister.
Ahmad Zahid Hamidi with Khairuddin Abu Hassan (left), on the day the Umno acting president met Dr Mahathir Mohamad in Putrajaya on June 9 (right).
PETALING JAYA: Former Umno leader Khairuddin Abu Hassan has revealed that Umno acting president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had pleaded with him to arrange a meeting with Dr Mahathir Mohamad in Putrajaya earlier this month, rejecting a claim that it was a request by the prime minister.
In a strongly worded statement to FMT, Khairuddin also rejected Zahid’s claim during a speech to Selangor Umno members yesterday that Mahathir had asked Umno members to join PPBM.
“He (Zahid) is a liar. Every word he utters is a lie,” said Khairuddin, who was among the pioneer Umno members who left the party at the height of the 1MDB exposure in 2015.
After meeting Mahathir on June 9, a month after Barisan Nasional (BN) lost the May 9 election, Zahid shared a picture of him with the PPBM chairman, saying his visit was in conjunction with the holy month of Ramadan.
“May this meeting bring benefit to all,” he had said then.
But yesterday, Zahid, who is among the candidates vying for the Umno presidency later this month, told party members in Selangor that the meeting was on Mahathir’s invitation.
“It wasn’t me who asked to meet, I was invited,” said Zahid.
“In the meeting, the prime minister had among others asked that BN MPs, especially from Umno, cross over to PPBM. I made it very clear that there is no way for us to join PPBM,” said Zahid.
But Khairuddin today said Zahid had contacted him to arrange a meeting with Mahathir.
“After he pleaded with me to meet Mahathir, I arranged for him to meet the prime minister.”
He said Zahid’s claim was part of his campaign for the Umno polls.
“His political speech has no basis. This is the quality of Umno leaders who are good at cheating their members for political survival. Mahathir has never asked Umno MPs to cross over to PPBM.
“Every Muslim returns from Mecca and turns repentant and pious, but Zahid came back to continue lying,” said Khairuddin.
Zahid rebuts Khairuddin, says he didn’t lie to Umno members
FMT Reporters | June 22, 2018
The Umno acting president takes to Facebook to say he did not 'crawl' to meet Dr Mahathir Mohamad as he didn't ask for the meeting with the prime minister.
Zahid insists that Khairuddin Abu Hassan, who has accused him of lying, is the one who contacted and arranged for the meeting with the prime minister.
PETALING JAYA: Umno acting president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has rebutted former Umno leader Khairuddin Abu Hassan’s claims that he had pleaded with him to arrange a meeting with Dr Mahathir Mohamad in Putrajaya earlier this month
He said he only spoke the truth to Umno members.
Zahid, in his Facebook page, said he did not crawl (“merangkak”) to meet Mahathir as he was not the one asking for a meeting with the prime minister.
“Khairuddin, who has accused me of lying, is the one who contacted and arranged for the meeting with Tun Mahathir,” he wrote.
Zahid added that outsiders should not interfere in the matter and there was no need to make assumptions or accusations.
After meeting Mahathir on June 9, a month after Barisan Nasional (BN) lost the May 9 general election, Zahid shared a picture of him with the prime minister, saying his visit was in conjunction with the holy month of Ramadan.
“May this meeting bring benefit to all,” he had said then.
But yesterday, Zahid, who is among the candidates vying for the Umno presidency on June 30, told party members in Selangor that the meeting was at Mahathir’s invitation.
“It wasn’t me who asked to meet. I was invited,” said Zahid.
But Khairuddin today said Zahid had contacted him to arrange the meeting with Mahathir.
“After he pleaded with me to meet Mahathir, I arranged for him to meet the prime minister.
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