PAKATAN Harapan (PH) secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has rubbished rumours about ploys to topple the Anwar Ibrahim-led unity government, saying the administration is intact and functioning.

“I don’t see the claim as a threat and have no plan to respond to it,” the home minister told reporters in Penang today. 

The government’s focus is to revive the country’s economy and help the people recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, he added. 

Saifuddin was responding to reporters’ questions about a claim made by a news portal alleging that 10 MPs who previously supported Muhyiddin Yassin to become prime minister after the last general election were involved in a plot to overthrow the government. It was said that these lawmakers planned to relinquish their seats to pave the way for by-elections to take place.

It was reported that certain Barisan Nasional MPs were being persuaded to take part in the “do-or-die mission”, where they would have to sacrifice their seats and quit their respective parties.

The portal also claimed that MCA president Wee Ka Siong and Tanjung Piai MP Wee Jeck Seng were among the 10 who were part of the plan.  

Wee said his party was neither involved nor knew anything about a plot to overthrow Anwar and his government. 

He had said the report was baseless and called on the portal to show proof of the claim and to only published verified information. – April 28, 2023.