ANY minister or government leader who benefits from government land or logging activities will be given the boot, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said.

“The biggest difference between the unity government and previous administrations is that this government does not permit ministers or government leaders to touch a single inch of public land nor a single piece of timber.

“If this happens, they will be stripped of their positions,” he said at the Sentuhan Kasih Desa Terengganu programme in Bandar Al Muktafi Billah Shah, Dungun today.

Anwar said there were certain parties that frequently slandered the government and played up religious sentiments but dared not ban their leaders from profiting from logging activities, contracts and shareholdings.

He also said the government had never betrayed Malaysians by reducing allocations as alleged by certain parties.

He said with the economy recovering, there was greater hope for the country to develop.

Anwar said the government had even provided added allocations for infrastructure projects, including in opposition states. – Bernama, July 28, 2023.