PN HQ staff laid off without pay after office shuttered

PN HQ staff laid off without pay after office shuttered - source

Haspaizi Zain
Published: Jul 5, 2025 8:00 PM
Updated: 10:14 PM


Summary

• A PN lawmaker claims that staff working at the coalition's headquarters have been laid off without pay.

• The source also claims that PN has not yet appointed a treasurer, six months after the post was vacated.

A Perikatan Nasional source claimed that administrative trouble affecting the coalition's headquarters in Kuala Lumpur has also resulted in layoffs.

"I asked my friends working at the office, and they told me they had been laid off for almost two months and they haven't been paid yet," the source, who is an MP, told Malaysiakini.

Earlier today, FMT cited sources to report that PN's headquarters at Solaris Dutamas had been closed since March.

Party leaders are claiming to be unaware of this development, with PN deputy chairperson Hamzah Zainudin saying he was in the dark as he was no longer the coalition's secretary-general.

Hamzah was replaced by Azmin Ali as PN secretary-general in December. Malaysiakini has contacted Azmin for comments.

Coalition treasurer

Meanwhile, besides woes at the party's headquarters, the PN source said another administrative matter that remains unresolved is the appointment of a new coalition treasurer.

The source said the post had remained vacant since Terengganu Menteri Besar Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar resigned as PN treasurer last December.

"But I don't know if (PN chairperson) Muhyiddin Yassin has quietly made an appointment," the lawmaker added.