Quickly dispel private jet purchase allegation, Khairy tells government

UMNO Youth chief, Khairy Jamaluddin has urged the government to quickly dispel allegations that a new private jet had been bought for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

In his Twitter today, Khairy said the government needed to dispel the claim quickly if it was untrue “before fiction passes itself as fact”. If it was true, then an explanation was needed immediately, he said.

Earlier today at the Parliament lobby, PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli had claimed that a new private jet was bought for Najib to use.

If new govt jet claim untrue, dispel quickly before fiction passes itself as fact. If true, explanation needed ASAP
— Khairy Jamaluddin (@Khairykj) March 16, 2015

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Rafizi (centre) showing photos of the said jet with other Opposition members at the Parliament lobby on Monday. - Astro AWANI/Shahir Omar

Rafizi claimed that the jet was secured through a direct negotiation hire-purchase deal with Jet Premier One (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd.

He and other Opposition MPs were showing photos of the alleged jet at Parliament lobby, with the logo 1Malaysia painted on it.