He was quoted by The Star as saying that youth chief Azis Jamman and vice-president Peter Anthony, who were among a group of nine members heading to Kuala Lumpur on Oct 29, booked their seats at the last minute.
“They were forced to buy business class tickets,” he was quoted as saying.
The other seven managed to obtain economy-class tickets earlier, he added.
Wong was responding to reported criticism from netizens questioning why the party had started a crowd-funding campaign for its president Shafie Apdal, who was recently detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for graft-related investigations, when its leaders could afford to fly on business class.
Shafie, a former rural and regional development minister, was arrested on Oct 19 after he went to the MACC office to give a statement in connection with several ministry projects during his tenure there from 2009 to 2015.
On Oct 27, the Semporna MP was released on RM100,000 bail with RM80,000 to be deposited under sureties, following eight days in remand in connection with the alleged misappropriation of RM1.5 billion allocated for rural development projects in Sabah.
Warisan had reportedly started the fund-raising initiative on Oct 25 to raise money for his bail.
The Star reported that the party had raised some RM112,000 in donations from the public in anticipation of a high bail.
Photographs of Azis and Peter on their business class seats were uploaded on Azis’ Facebook account on the night of Oct 29. They were reportedly travelling to attend a Parliament sitting where Shafie was scheduled to deliver a speech.
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