Zahid tells Azalina to dig deep into ex-AG Thomas’ controversial guide claims, says ‘should you fail, Umno fails; should you succeed, occasion rewards you’

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13 — Welcoming the Cupboard’s resolution to arrange a Royal Fee of Inquiry (RCI) into former attorney-general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas’ memoir, Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi in the present day known as on occasion colleague Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Mentioned to verify there will likely be full disclosure in its findings.

Zahid, who’s deputy prime minister within the Anwar administration, famous that Azalina who the de facto legislation and reform minister, has a heavy burden because the occasion’s future rests on her shoulders.

“All info, paperwork and secret agenda should be uncovered. Aza, that is your duty.

“For those who fail, Umno will fail. For those who succeed, the occasion rewards you,” he mentioned in his coverage speech in the course of the Malay nationalist occasion’s common meeting on the World Commerce Centre right here.

Thomas’ memoir titled My Story: Justice within the Wilderness printed in January 2021, brought about a public uproar that prompted then prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri to type a particular job power in October the identical yr as a fact-finding physique to conduct an in-depth overview and evaluation of its contents.

Greater than 100 police reviews have been lodged towards Thomas for his guide.

Two days in the past, the federal government now led by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim introduced the formation of an RCI to additional look at the allegations made by Thomas in his controversial guide that narrated his view of occasions when he was appointed attorney-general by the primary Pakatan Harapan federal authorities.

Azalina has mentioned that the RCI’s phrases of fee can have a scope wider than the duty power’s suggestions.

“The federal government takes a severe view of the allegations involving the violation {of professional} tasks by a bearer of excessive workplace.

“The RCI goals to seek out the reality and submit suggestions to the federal government on the reform of the nation’s authorized establishments and to not discover fault with any specific occasion,” she mentioned in a press release.