Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today he is baffled with the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) statement denying Tan Sri Muhyddin Yassin was involved with the discharge of Riza Shahriz Abd Aziz.
“As far as I know, nobody had even accused the prime minister,” the Langkawi MP said in a brief statement.
“This is the same with the repeated claims that Muhyiddin has no intention of becoming a prime minister. No need to protest because nobody nominated Muhyiddin to become one.
“But in the end, let the party be destroyed as long as he can become the prime minister,” he added.
He was referring to the current fracture of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia after most of its Supreme Council members decided to break away from Pakatan Harapan and support the Perikatan Nasional government led by Muhyiddin.
On Monday, the PMO said Muhyiddin was not involved with the controversial decision to let Riza go from his money-laundering charges over US$248 million (RM1.08 billion by today’s exchange rate) of funds linked to the 1MDB scandal.
The PMO insisted that the decision was achieved by the prosecutors and the accused through the latter’s representation to the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC). – MMO