Fairus made decision to quit, says Penang PKR chief

GEORGE TOWN: It was former Penang Deputy Chief Minister I Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin, who made the decision to quit as Penanti assemblyman, said state PKR chief Datuk Zahrain Mohamed Hashim

He said that as such people should respect the decision and not speculate on it.

“It was his own decision. I am sure he has good reasons for resigning, and I am also sure that (PKR de facto leader) Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has been briefed about it,” he said when contacted on Friday.

A statement bearing Mohammad Fairus’s signature, announcing his resignation and his reasons for it, was e-mailed to the media by the PKR headquarters in Petaling Jaya on Thursday.

The resignation comes a day after a scathing interview with a Chinese newspaper in which Fairus claimed he was being fixed by his own party.

Asked if Mohammad Fairus had alerted him about the decision, Zahrain said he (Mohammad Fairus) was dealing with Anwar directly.

“Datuk Seri had alerted me about the matter. I did not receive any letter from Mohammad Fairus,” he added.