KUALA LUMPUR: A week after he was openly linked with a popular local artiste Zahida Mohamed Rafik, Rural and Regional Development Minister Mohd Shafie Apdal today denied making any hefty payments to her.
He warned that he would be taking legal action against anyone “who continues to defame me and link me with this issue”.
“I wish to state that everything that has been mentioned in the police report is completely untrue and that the subsequent comments by individuals who have distributed copies of the police report is with bad intent and politically motivated,” said the Umno vice-president in a statement today.
On April 18, PKR parliamentarians held a press conference at the parliament lobby where they revealed the details of Noor Azman’s police report.
Payments totalling RM1.5 million
In the report, Noor Azman had claimed that he was hired by the minister to be the artise’s personal driver.
He claimed that the minister told him to keep tabs on the actress and help him channel the funds into the actress’ personal account.
He further claimed in the report that the minister met the actress each week in hotels around Kuala Lumpur.
“At every meeting, he would hand over RM100,000 to RM200,000 to the actress,” alleged Noor Azman.
He said he resigned on Feb 29 this year, as he could not manage the pressure of working for the minister.
At the same press conference, Ampang MP and Wanita PKR chief Zuraida Kamaruddin had alleged that the actress had received RM58,000 last October, RM112,000 in November and RM330,000 in December, as well as RM510,000 in January this year.
‘Wait for the good news’
Days after the press conference, Zahida Rafik said on her Twitter that she had consulted her lawyers to take legal action against those implicating her.
“I am not keeping quiet. My lawyers are in the midst of settling the matter. So let them handle it.
“Wait for the good news,” she had said in her tweet.
The minister and the actress have previously denied any ties to each other. However even before the PKR press conference last week, several blogs had written about the alleged relationship between the two.
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ReplyDeleteAluna dayang...kemanakanku apa sudah jadine.. berapa kali sudah kaum hadji dan umrah, ini pula kau buat sama keluarga kauh?
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Who says only Shafie has second wife? He is entitled to four ! All muslims know this ! It is the infidels who are jealous and wnt to make a fuss out of it.
ReplyDeleteErr but why did Shafie deny, this i dont understand...hehe
The issue is, where did he get the money to pay the woman? We don't care he marry 10, 20....
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