Three Amanah members from Kedah yesterday accused Mat Sabu of being involved in an extramarital affair, giving the veteran politician 36 hours to respond over contents of a saucy WhatsApp conversation and two audio clips.
Their spokesman Rizal Bakri said he had received the audio clips and a screenshot of the WhatsApp chat about a week ago, claiming that they were left on his car windscreen.
The WhatsApp conversation purportedly took place in July last year.
In an immediate reaction, Mat Sabu denied the allegation. Saying he was not surprised by the claim, Mat Sabu added that he would refer the matter to his lawyer for further action.
He added that he did not recognise any of the three individuals who organised yesterday’s media conference.
In a press conference at Amanah’s headquarters here today, party deputy secretary-general Ahmad Kerdee Masagus said the party had checked its members list for a Rizal Bakri and found no such name.
“We also called our branch in Kuala Kedah just to be sure and they also denied having a member named Rizal Bakri,” he said.
Ahmad Kerdee also said they had found several discrepancies in what Rizal was recorded as saying, at the press conference, on a video by Agenda Daily.
“At 16.36 minutes, he says he is a member of ‘PAN’. Amanah members never use the term ‘PAN’, we refer to the party either by its full name or Amanah.
“At 18.31 minutes, he says he’s from the Kuala Kedah division. We do not have a Kuala Kedah division, we have a Kuala Kedah branch.”
Ahmad Kerdee, who is a lawyer, noted that Rizal had said yesterday he would have another press conference in 36 hours.
“By our calculations, that means the next press conference will be tomorrow at 3am,” he added.
He urged Rizal to give his real name at the next press conference as well as the names of the other two men.
“Maybe he has a Mohammad in his name. Please provide proof of your real name.”
He also suggested that Rizal prepare a script before the next press conference.
“As lawyers, we will be paying very close attention to everything that comes out of his mouth.”
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