MELAKA: Sungai Udang assemblyman Datuk Seri Idris Haron today denied that he was the person whom had been recorded having a telephone conversation with a top leader.
Idris stressed that he did not contact the said leader or vice versa and had no knowledge about the voice recording.
"I strongly deny the voice on that recording is me because I have not contacted the said leader and vice versa. I wouldn't know how the recording has come about, but what is certain is that the person in the recorded conversation is not me," he said when contacted.
He, however, admitted that he had listened to the seven-minute-four-second recorded conversation via social media.
The two men in the recording were discussing the political situation in the state which saw the dissolution of the State Legislative Assembly when Idris and three others withdrew their support for Chief Minister Datuk Seri Sulaiman Md Ali as they had lost faith in Sulaiman's leadership.
The three others were Datuk Nor Azman Hassan (Pantai Kundor), Datuk Noor Effandi Ahmad (Telok Mas) and Datuk Norhizam Hassan Baktee (Pengkalan Batu).
Idris also said he agreed with State Secretary Datuk Kamel Mohamad's statement on taking legal action against those who revealed State Executive Council secrets.
"Anyone who reveals (state) secrets should be charged under the Official Secret Act. But, questioning why decisions made by the state executive council could be retracted at one's whims and fancy is not a secret.
"What can be categorised as state executive council secrets will involve letters or documents being leaked to certain quarters. But, questioning the haphazard formation of the caretaker government is not a (state) secret," he said, adding that Kamel should execute his duties well and efficiently without being influenced by anyone who had a vested interest.
Kamel was recently reported to have denied Idris's claim of third party involvement in state executive council decisions.
He stressed that all decisions were made together and there was no truth that matters were referred to a third party.
Kamel said all state executive council members had taken an oath of secrecy and the state government was looking into whether the oath had been violated before any decision on possible legal action to be taken against those involved.
