Azmin hits out at Wong Chen

SHAH ALAM: Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali has reprimanded his own political ally Kelana Jaya MP Wong Chen for publicising the audit which was conducted on the latter's office.
He said as an MP, Wong Chen should have the understanding of the entire audit process to ensure it is being done transparently and with accountability.
The PKR deputy president added the state government would not interfere with the auditing for political reasons.
"I myself have been audited before but I did not make it an issue as all parties, including MPs and state assemblymen, need to accept the process," he said.
"If there is any issue, he should come forward and talk to the state government rather than making it public," he told reporters after attending an Aidilfitri event at Shah Alam Convention Centre yesterday.
On Wednesday, Wong Chen revealed the audit report conducted on his office while claiming that his community spending was frozen by the Selangor government.
In an earlier claim in May, Wong Chen had criticised the state government's audit on a RM250,000 budget allocated to his office, which according to him was unfair and lacking in transparency.
In defending his reason for making the matter public, Wong Chen insisted that he had repeatedly written to the state government over the matter but did not get a response.
Earlier in an event at Institut Darul Ehsan, Azmin said the court's injunction order to the state government to stop the Election Commission from submitting its redelineation report to the prime minister was indeed a victory for all states in peninsular Malaysia.
He added the order, granted by the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Wednesday, was a landmark decision as it was the first in the country's history.
"This is a big achievement. Not only Selangor will benefit from the decision but all the states in peninsular Malaysia will not be using the proposed redelineation," he said.
"This proves that the initiative taken by the state government defends the rights of not only the people of Selangor but the whole nation," he added.