Clarification ï¿½ Guang Ming report of 49 BN MPs on Taiwan junket are given RM500,000 each and that I knew of the ï¿½mysterious sponsorï¿½ incorrect and misleading

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Media Statement (2) by Lim Kit Siang in Petaling Jaya on Thursday, 11^th September 2008:
Clarification ï¿½ Guang Ming report of 49 BN MPs on Taiwan junket are given RM500,000 each and that I knew of the ï¿½mysterious sponsorï¿½ incorrect and misleading

This is to clarify that the Guang Ming Daily front page report today quoting me as saying that the 49 BN MPs on Taiwan junket are given RM500,000 each and that I knew of the ï¿½mysterious sponsorï¿½ but it is not the time to reveal his identity is incorrect and misleading.

When answering the Guang Ming reporter who telephoned me on Tuesday, I had said that the BN MPsï¿½ junket to Taiwan, allegedly for agricultural study tour but clearly to foil Anwar Ibrahimï¿½s ï¿½916ï¿½ plan, sparked a lot of talk and rumours in the country.

I mentioned that among the rumours was that the BN MPs would be given RM500,000 each. In reply to the question by the Guang Ming reporter whether I knew the person paying the money to the BN MPs, I said that a name was mentioned in the rumours but it would not be right for me to mention him.

I did not say that the BN MPs in the Taiwan junket had been paid RM500,000 each or that I knew who was the person who paid them.

* Lim Kit Siang, DAP Parliamentary leader & MP for Ipoh Timor