KUALA LUMPUR: Democratic Action Party (DAP) chief Anthony Loke has announced his resignation as Malaysia’s Transport Minister in protest over the conditional royal pardon granted to jailed former prime minister Najib Razak.
The party’s other ministers will remain in Cabinet to maintain political stability, he said at a press conference on Saturday evening after an emergency meeting of DAP’s Central Executive Committee.
This came a day after Najib’s pardon was granted by the Federal Territories Pardons Board meeting chaired by the Malaysian king, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar .
“As a party we have a stand, we feel this is difficult to accept…
Read the full article at CHANNELNEWSASIA.COM
