Wisma Putra lodges report over ‘leaked’ audio clip
The foreign ministry said the police report was lodged to protect its interests and image.
PETALING JAYA: Wisma Putra has lodged a police report over an audio clip, alleging among others that Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob was not on good terms with foreign minister Saifuddin Abdullah.
In a brief statement, the ministry said it was also conducting an internal investigation into the matter.
The ministry said that the two-minute 15-second clip, which is making the rounds on social media, was “meant to create confusion”.
“The internal probe and the police report are meant to protect the interest and the image of the foreign ministry.”
In the audio clip, a man was heard complaining to a “Datin” about the problems the ministry faced and alluded to the growing number of vacancies at Malaysian missions abroad.
The leaked audio clip comes in the wake of reports that two Malaysian diplomats were recalled for allegedly failing to make proper arrangements for Ismail’s visit to the United Arab Emirates last month.
The move drew criticisms from former foreign minister Anifah Aman and a former diplomat, among others, who said that a group of former ambassadors would write to Wisma Putra to protest its handling of the debacle.
PETALING JAYA: Wisma Putra has lodged a police report over an audio clip, alleging among others that Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob was not on good terms with foreign minister Saifuddin Abdullah.
kt comments: Incredible - Is Wisma Putra insinuating to the Police the audio tape could have come from internally 'hostile' sources, for example, the PM Department?
Why then wasn't the MACC-released audio tape of a conversation between a then-PM with his wife reported to the police too, with insinuations that the new (post GE14 incoming) PM was mighty hostile on a personal basis to the outgoing PM - Oh, the then MACC Head was also known to be hostile to Najib, wakakaka
In a brief statement, the ministry said it was also conducting an internal investigation into the matter.
The ministry said that the two-minute 15-second clip, which is making the rounds on social media, was “meant to create confusion”.
“The internal probe and the police report are meant to protect the interest and the image of the foreign ministry.”
In the audio clip, a man was heard complaining to a “Datin” about the problems the ministry faced and alluded to the growing number of vacancies at Malaysian missions abroad.
The leaked audio clip comes in the wake of reports that two Malaysian diplomats were recalled for allegedly failing to make proper arrangements for Ismail’s visit to the United Arab Emirates last month.
The move drew criticisms from former foreign minister Anifah Aman and a former diplomat, among others, who said that a group of former ambassadors would write to Wisma Putra to protest its handling of the debacle.
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