Kula's private secretary lodges police report over alleged offer to buy support for Perikatan

IPOH: Ipoh Barat MP M. Kulasegaran's private secretary has lodged a police report after he allegedly received WhatsApp messages offering incentives to the MP in exchange for support towards Perikatan Nasional.

Jeremy Chuah lodged the report at the Ipoh police headquarters around 1.30pm on Saturday (Aug 7).

Kulasegaran, from DAP, accompanied him.

Chuah, in his report, said that he received a WhatsApp message on Aug 6 at about 10.30pm from two unknown numbers while he was at his house.

“The content in both the messages was offers made to Kulasegaran for a ministerial position, money, full allocation for the Ipoh Barat constituency, and other incentives.

“This clearly is corruption and an attempt to buy over the Ipoh Barat MP,” he told reporters after lodging the report.

Kulasegaran said his officer had made it clear that he (Kula) had no intention of supporting the Prime Minister or the Perikatan government.

He stressed that buying over MPs is also a betrayal of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, who is very concerned about the state of the nation, government and Parliament.

“Don't betray His Majesty's trust. Your attempt to buy over is desperate,” he added.

Two other DAP MPs have also alleged that they had received offers of incentives to support Perikatan Nasional.

Kota Melaka MP Khoo Poay Tiong and Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii both allege that they had received WhatsApp messages offering "durian RM30" and "ministerial position" in exchange for their support for the government.

"Apparently 'our worth' is calculated in durian now," Yii said in a Twitter post Saturday (Aug 7).