Pas Mp Asks Who Should Resign Next After New Video Implicates Anwar

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A new video clip linking Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to the support letter scandal involving his former aide, Shamsul Iskandar Akin, has prompted a PAS MP to question who should now resign.
Pasir MAS MP Ahmad Fadhli Shaari reiterated Anwar’s previous remark that Shamsul had to resign on the grounds of integrity, and asked who should do the same following the latest video.
“It turns out there’s a follow-up video. It continues the issue of the support letter that I raised in Parliament two weeks ago.
“In this video, the woman claims that Anwar himself instructed his aide to sign the support letter. Now, if the prime minister says his aide resigned out of principle and integrity, who should resign this time? 
“Who is supposed to conduct the investigation? And why did the prime minister say in Parliament that he had already given his aide a ‘stern warning’ for writing the letter? This is the new culture of #sakaumadani,” Fadhli (above, left) sarcastically said in a post on his Facebook page.
Content of latest clip
The clip that was again shared on the Pejuang Tun Dr Mahahtir Facebook page shows a woman, similar to the one in a previous clip and with her face blurred, saying that a single support letter was issued for six contractors.
“No, six contractors in one letter. Indeed, it was Shamsul who signed. Eh, I have his letter.
“Actually, as for your information, when Anwar came up in the first and second times, many asked for support letters from him. He did not want to sign. He asked Shamsul to sign it all
“First and second year. Shamsul. All were signed by Shamsul. Meaning for 2023 till 2024, all were signed by Shamsul on the orders of the boss,” the woman was heard saying.
The woman also alleged that this was conveyed to her by Shamsul himself.
She, however, claimed that the matter was a standard procedure and not out of the ordinary.
Questionable letter
On Nov 18, Anwar told Parliament that he had reprimanded one of his political secretaries for writing a support letter for six contractors in a hospital project last year.
However, Anwar, in response to Fadhli then, did not specify which of his three political secretaries he had told off. The aide was later revealed to be Shamsul.
Shamsul Iskandar AkinThe letter, dated May 6, 2024, was addressed to an aide to Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad and asked to consider six contractors for pre-approval in the Muar hospital project.
The letter first leaked on social media last year and was later confirmed as true by Dzulkefly in Parliament.
During a special chambers session on July 9 last year, the health minister, however, stressed that the letter did not mention any order or approval for the six companies to be appointed for the project, and was just for consideration.
“This showed that the Prime Minister’s Office did not interfere in the procurement of Health Ministry projects and other ministries,” Dzulkefly had said.
He added that because the request was for the construction of new hospitals, the Health Ministry neither considered nor approved the application by the contractors mentioned in the political secretary’s letter.
Shamsul quits as Anwar’s aide 
On Nov 25, Shamsul announced that he resigned as Anwar’s political aide.
In a post on X, Shamsul said he was made to understand that there is an attempt to attack him with an issue that could ruin the government’s image.
“Therefore, I have decided to defend myself against this attack,” he added.
The post came in the wake of Malaysiakini contacting him for comment over allegations that he received money from businessperson Albert Tei in relation to the mining scandal.
On Nov 25, Tei implicated Shamsul in the scandal, alleging that he spent RM629,000 on the latter after being purportedly assured that he could recoup the money channelled to politicians in Sabah.
Albert TeiAccording to Tei, he has compiled a dossier exceeding 300 pages, including screenshots of WhatsApp conversations and receipts, to substantiate his claims against the Malacca PKR chief.
Tei’s allegation comes a week after Anwar told the Dewan Rakyat that he had reprimanded Shamsul, as government regulations did not permit the issuance of support letters for contractors involved in a hospital project.
Since November last year, Tei has revealed a slew of videos, documents, and WhatsApp screenshots accusing Sabah politicians of accepting bribes in exchange for mineral exploration licences.
Tei and two assemblypersons were subsequently charged.
GRS chairperson and Sabah Chief Minister Hajiji Noor has accused Tei of being part of a cartel aiming to monopolise mining in the state.
Tei has been on a warpath to take down politicians he gave money to for mineral exploration licences, which he did not end up getting. - Mkini

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