Khairy: Anwar lying about Pakatan’s need for private jet

(Malaysian Digest) – Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin has rubbished Parti Keadilan Rakyat de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s explanation that Pakatan Rakyat needed to use a specially-chartered private jet to travel from Kota Kinabalu to Labuan as there were no flights available.

Anwar, in a Press conference in Parliament today, had explained that the Pakatan entourage needed to use a private jet on their September 16 trip to East Malaysia as there were no connecting flights available from Labuan to Kota Kinabalu that day.

Khairy, however, dismissed the claims and said a simple check would show that there were indeed flights available.

“Anwar says that he took a private jet from Labuan to Kota Kinabalu because on that day, there were no connecting flights. Refer to Malaysiakini’s report.”

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The Malaysia Airlines flight schedule tweeted by Khairy earlier today. Pix: Twitter/Khairykj

Producing Malaysia Airlines’ flight schedule, Khairy said it was evidence enough that there were flights catered to Kota Kinabalu from Labuan that day.

“This is MAS’ schedule. Every day, there are at least two to three connecting flights from Labuan to Kota Kinabalu. So what day exactly is Anwar talking about?” he asked.

He also questioned the need for secrecy on the owner of the aircraft.

“Who is the owner of the PJ (private jet)? Why is the identity a secret?” Khairy asked.

Khairy had earlier poked fun at Pakatan following the news surrounding the private jet fiasco. Earlier this morning, he had tweeted: “Breaking news: Pakatan to offer free private jet flights for all Malaysians if they capture Putrajaya at GE13. #mondaytroll.”