DPM orders internal probe into aide

(The Star) – Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has ordered his office to probe allegations that one of his aides received bribes.

Muhyiddin said he had read about the allegation on a blog, adding he would let his office investigate the matter first.

“No, I am not aware, except what I read in the blog. I will look into this and whatever is said to be linked to me, I will look into.

“Until then I will will not comment further,” he said, when asked by reporters about the matter during an event at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) at Puncak Alam here yesterday.

The posting on the blog had alleged that one of his aides had received bribes of more than RM100,000.

The blog had also alleged that aides to the Prime Minister and a deputy minister had also received bribes.

The allegations, posted by the blogger on Dec 15, suggested that one of Muhyiddin’s aides had been receiving “a steady contribution” from a company amounting to about RM160,000 since early last year.

In the same blog post, which is the second part of a series titled Corruption within Corruption, the blogger also alleged that an aide to Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had also been receiving such “contributions”.

Last month, the blogger also claimed that a deputy minister had been receiving bribes.

The anonymous blogger describes himself as “an ordinary Joe, with flaws of a human being” and interested in reading, researching and travelling.