KUALA LUMPUR, January 12 — Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, the chairman of Perikatan Nasional (PN), has vehemently dismissed allegations that the coalition sought to bribe the Yang di-Pertuan Agong with RM1 billion to destabilize Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s government. Muhyiddin characterized these claims as “baseless, outrageous, and illogical slander” in a Facebook post today. He urged the public to refrain from spreading false information, emphasizing that it constitutes a serious offence under the Sedition Act 1948 of the Penal Code.
Muhyiddin asserted that the malicious slander had been embraced by certain leaders from the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition, including those within the government. Opposition Leader and PN secretary-general Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin filed a police report to initiate an investigation and urged decisive action against those involved. Muhyiddin cautioned PH leaders against dragging the royal institution into what he termed a “wicked and dirty political defamation tactic” and reminded them of the constitutional provisions outlining legal methods for the appointment of the prime minister and government formation.
The allegations emerged on January 9 when Datuk Azman Abidin, Anwar’s political secretary, called for an investigation into claims that a PN leader had attempted to bribe influential figures and MPs to topple the unity government. A blog post detailed these accusations, suggesting that RM1 billion had been earmarked for bribes to sway government MPs, a claim refuted by Bersatu.
