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KOTA KINABALU: Interior Minister Hamzah Zainudin said today that an agent of a candidate participating in the Sabah state elections has tried to offer an incentive to the police to remain silent on the issue of the statement disparaging the sacrifices of the security forces in the Lahad of 2013. Intrusion of Datu.
He said the incentive was offered to gain the support of police personnel during today’s early voting and that a report was submitted to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on the attempted bribery.
“What kind of candidate is he if he doesn’t care about the efforts to defend the country and the state? This type of candidate is unworthy (of support). As Minister of the Interior, I love my men (police), ”he said today at a press conference here.
Hamzah, however, declined to elaborate on the amount involved and whether the bribery attempt involved police officers in Lahad Datu.
Yesterday, a short video clip of the election campaign speech delivered by Mohamaddin Ketapi, a former federal minister and Warisan’s candidate for the Segama seat, went viral on social media after he disparaged the security forces in the Lahad Datu intrusion. and called it a farce. causing anger among many sectors.
The people of Sabah will go to the polls on September 26.
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