Malaysian opposition warns some MPs getting pushed to back PM Anwar
Published On: 11.11.23 By: straits times
KUALA LUMPUR – The main opposition party in Malaysia said some of its lawmakers were being coerced or bribed to shift their support to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, and plans to lodge complaints with the police and anti-graft agency.
Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu), which leads the opposition alliance, found that four lawmakers were getting threatened with legal action or offered cash bribes to back Datuk Seri Anwar, its president Muhyiddin Yassin said late on Thursday.
Two of them were suspended from Bersatu and relieved of their party positions, and the other two are set to meet a similar fate, he said at a press conference.
The four lawmakers in recent weeks have switched their allegiance to Mr Anwar’s coalition, giving him supermajority support nearly a year after he cobbled together a coalition following a hung Parliament result.
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