PETALING JAYA: PKR legal bureau chief Latheefa Koya has resigned as a Petaling Jaya city councillor.

In a letter to Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim yesterday, she said her position as a city councillor was “untenable” as her potential sacking had become a matter of public knowledge and speculation.

She claimed that the instability of her position was due to an internal e-mail regarding her concern on housing for the poor and not related to any Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) matter.

As a result, I understand that Khalid and the state exco are mulling over my sacking from MBPJ. - Latheefa Koya

She said the e-mail was recently sent to the mentri besar and top party leaders.

“As a result, I understand that Khalid and the state exco are mulling over my sacking from MBPJ.

“Therefore, I am compelled to tender my resignation as MBPJ councillor with immediate effect,” she said.

Copies of the letter were sent to city mayor Datuk Mohammad Roslan Sakiman and PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

Contacted for more information, Latheefa refused to comment.

Her resignation did not come as a surprise as the councillor who assumed the post in July 2008 was said to be at loggerheads with residents in her Zone 16, which covers Sections 1, 1A, 3, 4 and 18 of Petaling Jaya.

A senior resident and a member of an association claimed that numerous complaints had been lodged against her with the city council and the state government about her being “ineffective” and “snubbing residents”.

A city councillor alleged that Latheefa had a spat with Khalid about three weeks ago over his political secretary Faekah Husin.

On June 30, speculation was rife that she had been suspended, leading to her absence from a full board council meeting.

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