DAIM Zainuddin said he has no idea if he will be made a government adviser once the work of the Council of Eminent Persons (CEP) is over.

The CEP chairman said he had not heard of such news.

“I’ve not heard about that,” he told reporters at the sideline of a gathering of students at the Malaysian Student Leaders Summit XII in Kuala Lumpur today.

The CEP has a mandate of 100 days since the new government was formed to complete its work reviewing national issues and making recommendations Putrajaya.

A recent report by The Star Online said the former finance minister would be made an adviser for a limited period to help new ministers in dealing with the civil administration.

A source told the news portal that Daim, who served under Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad previously, would be made adviser because of his experience in the civil service as well as the private sector that spanned careers in law, banking and business.

Dr Mahathir set up the CEP as a body to advise the government on areas that needed change and reform.

When asked about CEP’s report and recommendations to the government, Daim said it would be completed soon and passed to Dr Mahathir. – August 11, 2018.