KUALA LUMPUR (May 10): Datuk Seri Syed Hamzah Syed Paie, the political secretary to the Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, has lodged a police report against two news portals for falsely linking him to the approval of a ministry grant to his wife’s company. He said the police report was made against Malaysia Chronicles and Sarawak Report for spreading fake news and defaming him and Minister Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar. He said the grant was approved by SME Corp four years ago and that they only joined the ministry in 2020. Dang Wangi district police chief ACP Mohamad Zainal Abdullah confirmed receiving the report. The portals alleged that Syed Hamzah and Wan Junaidi were involved in approving the grant to Azzahra Product in 2017.

Source: The Edge Markets May 10, 2021 12:45 UTC