Anwar only got RM1 as economic adviser, says MB’s aide

SHAH ALAM: The claim that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim received RM15mil as Selangor’s Economic Adviser is a recycled one that has been denied many times, says Juwairiya Zulkifli (pic), the political secretary to the Selangor Mentri Besar.

Instead, she said, Anwar was only paid a symbolic salary of RM1 a year.

Perikatan Nasional chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had made the allegation during his campaign speech for the Padang Serai parliamentary seat.

Juwairiya, in a statement posted on Facebook, replied that the allegation had been repeatedly denied in the past, including in the official answer of the Selangor mentri besar at the time – the late Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim – at the state assembly.

“During the period Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was Selangor’s Economic Adviser, he was only given a symbolic salary of RM1 a year.

The salary had not been paid to him since the date of appointment. He did not receive any allowances or privileges other than the RM1 salary,” she said, according to Bernama.

Juwairiya, who is also Bukit Melawati assemblyman, said the matter was also clearly recorded in the Selangor state assembly’s Hansard.

“By recycling this baseless accusation, it shows Perikatan’s desperation and that they are bankrupt of political capital in their campaign after failing to form the Federal government,” she said.

“I believe the Prime Minister should take further action to prevent the repetition of such slander.”