GE15: Anifah says he turned down offer of minister’s position


KOTA KINABALU: Datuk Seri Anifah Aman (pic) has claimed that he turned down a minister’s position offered by Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi in exchange for him not contesting in the Nov 19 general polls.

The former foreign minister alleged that Ahmad Zahid tried to persuade him not to stand as a candidate for the southwestern Kimanis seat, where he had been a four-term MP previously, and to instead give his backing to the Barisan Nasional candidates.

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