Johor MB denies allegations of bribe in blog (Updated)

ISKANDAR PUTERI: Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin today denied allegations of him having been involved in corruption as mentioned in a blog recently.
The blog post had carried the allegation by way of an investigation paper of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency on a corruption case and property scandal involving a former state executive councillor.
"My administration has not received any bribe, will not receive any bribe and will resist any attempt to give any form of bribe," he said at the winding up of debate at the Johor state legislative assembly here.
Mohamed Khaled said he believed that the allegations had been made "mala fide" (in bad faith) to embarrass him in his personal capacity and as the leader of the state government.
Mohamed Khaled also told the house that he would leave it to the authorities to act against Senai state assemblyman Wong Shu Qi of the DAP for having exposed an MACC document which was a classified document of the government.
Wong had said earlier that she was prepared to be investigated by the authorities.
Last Monday, Wong was dismissed from the assembly after she refused to retract a statement over the authenticity of the contents of the MACC document.
Wong had enquired about the truth of the allegation that Mohamed Khaled was accused of accepting a sum of money from developers to convert the status of housing lots from Bumiputera to non-Bumiputera.
This followed the posting of the statement of a witness in the MACC investigation into a property scandal involving a former state executive councillor.
The witness was believed to have lodged a police report on the matter on Nov 29, urging the police to investigate the blogger. — Bernama