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Syed Saddiq denies attending drug party
20 JAN 2020 / 11:04 H.
PETALING JAYA: Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman (pix) today denied an allegation that he was present at a private drug-fuelled party in the early hours of Jan 12 morning where several people were arrested, including Dengkil assemblyman Adhif Syan Abdullah.
The allegation was uploaded by news portal Johor Press in a Malay article dated Jan 17.
It said: “Syed Saddiq sebenarnya ada di parti dadah tapi ” [“Syed Saddiq was actually at the drug party but…] that went viral on WhatsApp and third-party media Mynewshub.
“I would like to firmly state that the article published by Johor Press is not true. In fact, the allegations that there are efforts to lobby big projects in the Youth and Sports Ministry are false and have a negative impact on the image of the ministry,” Syed Saddiq said in a statement.
The article claimed that the minister had attended the party but left minutes before it was raided by the police.
https://www.thesundaily.my/local/syed-saddiq-denies-attending-drug-party-IH1911028
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Terdahulu kita mendengar kes penahanan ahli politik, ahli usahawan dan pegawai-pegawai kementerian yang terlibat dengan ‘private party’. Malah dilaporkan juga antara mereka yang ditahan positif dadah.
Namun di sebalik penangkapan ini, rupanya ada kisah yang lebih menarik untuk diambil tahu dalam kes parti dadah yang melibatkan kementerian belia tempoh hari. Menurut satu maklumat yang diterima melalui aplikasi Whats App, sebenarnya pada hari kejadian Syed Saddiq turut berada di lokasi yang sama mereka ditahan polis.
Nasib menyebelahi Syed Saddiq apabila dikatakan dia sudah pulang lebih awal sebelum serbuan dibuat oleh pihak polis. Malah ada juga yang mengatakan pada hari kejadian turut melihat kenderaan yang digunakan oleh Syed Saddiq berada di lokasi tersebut.
Dalam pada itu, adakah benar sebenarnya parti dadah ini sudah pun berlangsung selama 3 hari? Dan turut dianjurkan oleh salah seorang ahli perniagaan untuk melobi projek-projek besar di Kementerian Belia dan Sukan? Tidak tahu ianya satu kebetulan atau tidak, mereka yang ditahan juga terdiri daripada ahli-ahli usahawan. Jadi adakah perkara ini benar?
Tambah lagi, kami juga turut menerima maklumat satu laporan SPRM akan dibuat pada hari ini berhubung perkara yang disebutkan di atas. Jika khabar ‘angin’ ini betul, jadi kami berharap sama ada pihak PDRM atau SPRM dapat membuat siasatan secara telus dan profesional tanpa ada sebarang kesilapan sepanjang siasatan dibuat.
Perkara ini bukan sahaja suatu aktiviti yang tidak bermoral malah ia turut memberi imej yang negatif dalam dunia politik di negara ini. Jangan biarkan sampai maruah negara tercemar dengan perkara-perkara negatif seperti ini.
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After drug party arrests, activist demands Syed Saddiq’s ministry come clean on contracts
Thursday, 16 Jan 2020 01:25 PM MYT
BY JUSTIN ONG
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 — The Youth and Sports Ministry must state its dealings with the firm of a sports official who was among those arrested in a drug party involving the minister’s aide, activist Asheeq Ali Sethi Alivi demanded today.
The activist lawyer noted that the Malaysian Gymnastics Federation official has also been identified as the owner of the condominium unit where the party attended by Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman’s aide was held.
This morning, a news portal alleged that the organiser of the party had plied attendees with women and drugs in hopes of securing federal contacts.
“The ministry must inform the people about its latest dealing with the [firm owned by the MGF official.]
“The presence of Syed Saddiq’s special officer at the party organised by a businessman who has supplied the Education Ministry as well as the Youth and Sports Ministry since 2002 raised serious suspicions that must be explained,” he said in a statement.
Among others, he said Syed Saddiq’s ministry must disclose if the company has been awarded recent contracts in a transparent manner and if it is in the midst of pursuing new jobs with the ministry.
He went on to urge the ministry to lodge a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission to trigger an investigation into possible corruption involving the firm.
This morning, Syed Saddiq announced in his capacity as Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia’s Youth chief that the wing was suspending two leaders who were among those arrested in the drug party last week, pending police investigations.
They are Ahmad Redzuan Mohamed Shafi and Adhif Syan Abdullah.
The two were among 17 people arrested at a house party on Sunday. Police later alleged that 16 of them tested positive for illicit drugs.
Since becoming minister, Syed Saddiq has had to fend off repeated allegations of bias and favouritism in his ministry.
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