Shamsul denies any agenda in hiring Haziq


PETALING JAYA: Deputy Primary Industries Minister Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin has stressed there is no agenda behind the appointment of his senior pri­vate secretary allegedly implicated in a sex video with a federal minister.

“I would like to stress that his act was shocking to me and absolutely not expected. I hope all parties will stop making baseless allegations that I had a certain agenda in appointing Haziq,” said Shamsul.

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