Rafizi: Attack on my son perhaps linked to meeting with whistleblowers
However, he declined to disclose details of the scandal.
Rafizi also revealed that his wife received two threatening messages via WhatsApp, the first at 1.12am today and the second at 11.02am.
"Diam, andai teruskan Aids," read the message.
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