Loke offers to resign as Transport Minister following Pardons Board decision

Transport Minister Anthony Loke has offered to resign from his position following the Pardons Board's decision to grant former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak conditional house arrest. According to Malay Mail, Loke made the announcement after chairing an emergency central executive committee meeting of the Democratic Action Party, which lasted nearly three hours.

Loke stated that he would continue as the party's secretary-general. The party's other ministers will remain in the Cabinet to maintain political stability, Channel News Asia reported. Loke said DAP is aware that certain parties want the party to leave the Cabinet as a whole so they can achieve their political ambitions, and that he is the only DAP leader offering to resign.

The decision was made in response to the Federal Territories Pardons Board granting Najib a conditional pardon, chaired by the Malaysian king. Loke expressed that the party has a stand and feels it is difficult to accept for DAP and many Malaysians.

Brief written by urgent.news from The Vibes, Malay Mail, Channel News Asia, New Straits Times, Free Malaysia Today — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.