PETALING JAYA: Toh Puan Na’imah Abdul Khalid has described the claims that she is involved in a bid to topple the government as laughable, false and preposterous.
“The claim that I am trying to destabilise or topple the government is laughable,” said the widow of the late former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin in dismissing the police report on the matter.
She said this in a statement on Friday (Feb 27), following news that the police were investigating a report lodged about a plot to overthrow the government.
Na’imah said she read with “great surprise” the police report, which was allegedly filed by an individual who claimed she was involved in the bid to topple the government.
“The individual who lodged the report approached me and offered his services in July 2025 as part of a proposed communications team.
“He was terminated due tohis poor performance, but attempted to make further monetary demands.
“Clearly, this is the conduct of a disgruntled man,” she claimed in a statement.
Na’imah further took aim at the timing of the report, claiming that it came seven months after the individual had met her, and on the heels of allegations against the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
She alleged the situation pointed to a “desperate attempt” to distract from growing calls to remove the person Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim trusted to lead MACC, referring to chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki.
“The claim I am trying to destabilise or topple the government is laughable and brings to mind past accusations of toppling the government faced by the prime minister himself, when he used to declare having the ‘formidable numbers’ to seize power,” Na’imah said.
She added that she reserved all her legal rights in respect of the allegations, which she called false and damaging.
