Money was for debate centres, says Syed Saddiq

Bersatu Youth (Armada) chief Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman went off script when he dropped a bombshell yesterday that he had been offered RM5 million to leave the party. A first tranche of RM500,000 would be paid to him after the press conference, he claimed, and the remaining RM4.5 million would be paid in the form of grants for the debate schools he wanted to start. Syed Saddiq had proposed starting debate schools in his home state of Johor and other parts of Malaysia a few years back when he was still a law student. “They said the schools could be started by my friends and I could take over the operations after I completed my graduate studies in Oxford.” The offer, however, did not require him to quit Bersatu and join any other party, he said. Syed Saddiq said he did not accept the offer immediately but turned to his close friends and parents for advice. More at: http://bit.ly/2ylDFXq (ENG), http://bit.ly/2hKU1St (BM) Website: https://www.themalaysianinsight.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/themalaysianinsight Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/msianinsight/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msianinsight/