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Malaysia’s Azmin Ali sex scandal: minister’s aide asked me to lie, says Haziq Abdul Aziz, who claims he is the other man in viral video
- People’s Justice Party member Haziq says the economic affairs minister sent his political secretary Hilman Idham to request he help cover up the scandal
- Haziq has been suspended from his job at the Ministry of Primary Industries and given three days to offer an explanation or be sacked
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The latest sex scandal to rock Malaysia took a new twist on Thursday when the politician claiming to be in a sex video with economic affairs minister Azmin Ali alleged he had been asked to lie about their purported affair.
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People’s Justice Party (PKR) member Haziq Abdul Aziz, who has confessed to being in the leaked footage, released a statement claiming Azmin had chosen to “tie up his loose ends rather than owning up to his mistakes”.
Haziq works for the country’s deputy primary industries minister but has been suspended from his job and given three days to offer a satisfactory explanation or be sacked.
Haziq said Azmin’s aide Hilman Idham had approached him and demanded he deny it was Azmin in the viral video.
“He asked me to lie for you. I asked for more time to consult my parents and this angered him. After I refused he made threats and said ‘this’ will be shut down within 48 hours with or without my help to lie,” Haziq wrote in a Facebook statement aimed at Azmin.
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