See you in court, Shafie tells Musa
SEMPORNA: “See you in court.” This was the reply of Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal yesterday when asked on his predecessor Tan Sri Musa Aman’s le er of demand seeking RM1 billion in damages for the public disclosure of a claim filed by Sabah Foundation against Musa.
“They (Musa and his lawyer) have issued a statement to demand RM1 billion. Doesn’t ma er. ‘See you in court’,” said Mohd Shafie, who is also Sabah Foundation chairman.
Mohd Shafie was speaking to reporters a er handing over personal aid and Program Perumahan Rakyat (PPR) Bubul Ria house keys to victims of the Kampung Sri Aman fire here.
On Friday, Sabah Foundation director Datuk Jamalul Kiram Mohd Zakaria told a news conference that Sabah Foundation had filed a claim against Musa to recover RM872 million belonging to the foundation which was alleged to have gone missing by way of a logging agreement.
On the same day, Musa, through his lawyer Tengku Fuad Tengku Ahmad, denied any wrongdoing when discharging his duties as Sabah Foundation chairman (20032008), saying the allegations against him were scandalous and false.
Last Saturday, Tengku Fuad said Musa had issued a le er of demand to Mohd Shafie and the Sabah Foundation Board of Trustees to pay RM1 billion to his chosen charity bodies and to unconditionally apologise and retract the disclosure of the claim.
This was in relation to Jamalul Kiram’s disclosure on Friday that the claim against Musa was filed through e-filing at the Kota Kinabalu High Court on June 16.
Shafie also said the Sabah government had bought nearly 15 million face masks and hand sanitisers for the people in the state.
He said more than 200 schools in Sabah have been supplied with face masks and hand sanitisers before the reopening on June 24.
“This is so that when the schools reopen, not only social distancing is important but face masks should also be worn,” he said.