Anwar awaits MCMC probe before responding to Muhyiddin's RON95 allegation
On Oct 5, Anwar was reported to have said he had received reports that an opposition bloc MP had defended the rights of foreigners in benefiting from subsidy rationalisation.
Muhyiddin then denied via a social media post that he had ever made any statement suggesting he was defending the rights of foreigners in the RON95 subsidy targeting matter.
Anwar said it is important to wait for the outcome of the MCMC investigation.
"I have no issue (apologising) if it can be verified that there was no proper source, that would be a mistake, and I have no problem with that.
"I have also asked the MCMC to verify the information. Some people have misunderstood it as an investigation into Pagoh (Muhyiddin), but that's not the case.
"I said there are different sources. Whether they are legitimate or not, we must wait for MCMC's investigation," he said during Prime Minister's Question Time in the Dewan Rakyat today.
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