Negeri gives PH ADUNs, coordinators 30 days to repay outstanding allocations

The Negeri Sembilan government has issued repayment notices to 17 Pakatan Harapan (PH) assemblymen and two former DUN coordinators, granting them 30 days to return outstanding allocations. Menteri Besar Datuk Ismail Lasim announced this after the state executive council meeting, stating that the amounts owed varied between recipients.

The 17 assemblymen consist of seven former executive councillors and 10 ordinary assemblymen. Earlier reports indicated that each executive councillor should return RM150,000, while ordinary assemblymen were to repay RM174,000 for the July to September period. The two former DUN coordinators were also asked to return RM150,000 each for the same period.

Ismail clarified that the figures represent the total allocations disbursed, not the final amount owed by each individual. He mentioned that former Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun had already paid in full and sent letters to the others. Furthermore, Ismail revealed that Nilai assemblyman J Arul Kumar had approached him regarding the repayment, requesting consideration.

This follows the dissolution of the state assembly and the end of the previous administration's term.