Malaysia's Transport Minister Anthony Loke Resigns With Immediate Effect as Najib Begins House Arrest
Kuala Lumpur — Malaysia's Transport Minister Anthony Loke announced on Nov. 10 that he was resigning with immediate effect, hours after the Kuala Lumpur High Court cleared former prime minister Najib Razak to begin serving his sentence under house arrest. Loke, who is also secretary-general of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), said the decision was consistent with the position he had made public the previous Friday.
Loke's resignation stems from the conditional royal pardon granted to Najib. He first signalled his intention to quit after a DAP central executive committee meeting on Sept. 19 and submitted his resignation letter to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Sept. 28. At Anwar's request he stayed on temporarily, while making clear that the resignation would take effect the moment Najib returned home to begin house arrest. He reaffirmed that stance on Nov. 6.
In his statement, Loke thanked Anwar for his trust since December 2022. He had served as transport minister for 47 months and remains the member of parliament for Seremban. He stressed that the decision was his own and that the DAP remains within the unity government framework.
No successor as transport minister has been announced. Loke has previously said that major projects under the ministry would proceed as scheduled, including the East Coast Rail Link, set to open on Dec. 12, and the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System Link, expected to start operating in February.
(Source: Bernama)
Source: Bernama
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：马来西亚交通部长陆兆福（2023年）。图片来源：Wikimedia Commons，公共领域。 / Photo: Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke in 2023. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
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