PKR‘s Rafizi Ramli today denied any links between the recent attack on his son and former prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former health minister Khairy Jamaluddin.
In a post on X, the Pandan MP said there were claims that information was provided by a whistleblower a week before the attack on his son about a money laundering case allegedly involving Ismail, the country’s ninth prime minister.
There were also claims that the same information revolved around projects connected to Khairy when he was the health minister, he said.
“Both of these allegations are false. It has nothing to do with Ismail Sabri or Khairy or any other politician,” he said, describing such claims as a malicious attempt to divert attention from the case.
The former PKR deputy president’s 12-year-old son was attacked at a shopping mall in Putrajaya last week.
Rafizi said CCTV footage showed that two men, dressed in black with their faces fully covered by helmets, had followed his wife’s car on a motorcycle.
His son, who was dragged and stabbed with a syringe, was rushed to hospital for treatment and a check-up. The assailants meanwhile escaped.
Rafizi said he suspected that the attack was planned, and that his wife was likely observed by the assailants for a few days beforehand.
The former economy minister also said he believed it was a warning for him not to speak out on certain issues.
A day after the attack, Rafizi said he suspected that it was linked to a case he was looking into, recalling an earlier meeting with a group of whistleblowers.
He also revealed that his wife had received a text message from an unknown number, reading: “Be quiet. If you continue, AIDS.”
