Ex-home minister says unaware of sponsored police trips during his time

Published: Feb 17, 2019 1:10 PM | Updated: Feb 17, 2019 2:14 PM

Former home minister Hishammuddin Hussien said he was not aware of the Totalisator Board approving private-sector sponsored trips for senior police officers during his time.

“Personally, I do not know about this and if at all it happened, then it wasn't brought up to my level,” he said when met Taman Jenaris, Semenyih while campaigning BN's candidate Zakaria Hanafi for the upcoming Semenyih by-election.

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