Multimedia and Communications Minister Salleh Said Keruak
has issued stern warning against the leaks in government information
spotlighted by Sarawak Report's spate of revelations on the secret
auditor-general's report on the 1MDB scandal.
"It is alarming that not only have confidential
information been sold but that some of it have been altered or doctored in the
effort to sensationalise the issue," claimed Salleh in a statement on his
blog last night.
"The main question would be what else and even more
damaging information have also been sold that we are not aware of.
"And this puts the security of the nation at risk and
this is nothing short of an act of treason," he said.
He said this lends credence to alleged rumours of an entity
called the 'Anti-Najib Campaign' that is armed with "RM2 billion
funding" to attack Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Last week London-based whistleblower website Sarawak Report
began publishing what it claims are damaging contents of the audit report,
which the government had classified under the Official Secrets Act (OSA).
The government has been heavily criticised for hiding the
auditor-general's report on 1MDB behind the OSA, with one law professor opining
that according to the federal constitution, the government is wrong to do so as
the report must be tabled in Parliament.
Critics have urged the government to declassify the report
in light of the Sarawak Report leaks.
Source –Mkini-
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