Rafidah confirms AirAsia boss was arm-twisted into supporting BN government


Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz delivering her speech during the Pakatan Harapan ceramah at Taman Tun Dr Ismail. IZZRAFIQ ALIAS / The Star. May 5, 2018.

PETALING JAYA: Shortly after an apology by Tan Sri Tony Fernandes for pled­ging support to the Barisan Nasional in GE14, Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz has confirmed that AirAsia was indeed pressured by the former government.

In a Facebook posting yesterday, Rafidah said Fernandes and AirAsia executive chairman Datuk Kama­rudin Mera­nun had approached her during breakfast to convey a message from former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s “operatives” that she should stop attacking the Bari­san government.

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