Umno’s Khairy Jamaluddin today said a purported leaked chain of WhatsApp messages allegedly instructing for the destruction of party deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan’s chances at winning the Rembau parliamentary seat is “fake”.
Khairy tweeted: “Fake. Tak perlu sebar fitnah black ops (There is no need to spread slander) by this ‘trust me bro’ source like this.”
He added that a police report and a report with online regulator Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) will be lodged, including the Twitter account of a user known as “Dr Bigger Balls”.
Khairy included a link to a tweet by that Twitter user, but that tweet has since been deleted at the time of writing.
In that screenshot, KJ, as he is known, asked the person to “destroy” Mohamad (Tok Mat) where he is contesting in Rembau, Khairy’s former constituency.
The person claiming to be Khairy also told the recruit to split the votes and for it not to be made obvious.
“Only work with the ones you trust and don’t let it come back to us,” alleged the text, with a promise to make the recruit political secretary when he becomes the prime minister in 5 years.
“If I go down the #*#*#* goes down with me,” he said using an expletive.
The screenshot was posted by Twitter user, Dr Bigger Balls/ Membalak.
Khairy called for a rejection of slander and dirty politics and urged for a focus on #KitaJagaSungaiBuloh and #KJ4SB, which are part of his campaign to win the Sungai Buloh seat in the 15th general election (GE15).