Tajuddin evades media after date with cops

Tajuddin evades media after date with cops

The former Prasarana chairman had given his statement over an alleged SOP breach at a recent press conference.

Tajuddin Abdul Rahman had arrived at the Dang Wangi police station in his silver Mercedes-Benz at 4.45pm and left at about 6pm.
KUALA LUMPUR:
Former Prasarana Malaysia Bhd chairman Tajuddin Abdul Rahman, who is usually boisterous around the media, evaded reporters today after giving his statement to police over his alleged breach of SOP at a recent press conference.

The Pasir Salak MP arrived at the Dang Wangi police station in his silver Mercedes-Benz at 4.45pm and only left around 6pm.

When contacted, Dang Wangi police chief Mohamad Zainal Abdullah confirmed that they had taken statements from both Tajuddin and Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman.

“We will be contacting several more individuals, including reporters who attended the press conference, to facilitate investigations.”

Tajuddin is being investigated over an alleged breach of SOP after he was photographed wearing a face shield but without a face mask during a press conference at the KLCC LRT station on Tuesday.

Syed Saddiq, meanwhile, gave his statement to the police over his tweet involving Tajuddin.

The former youth and sports minister had in a tweet, said wearing a face shield without a face mask was a violation of SOPs and questioned whether Tajuddin would be punished for breaching Covid-19 rules.

He had included screenshots of two news reports, one with a photograph of Tajuddin and another with senior minister for security Ismail Sabri Yaakob stating that wearing a face shield without a face mask was a punishable offence.

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