Sacked Kelantan officer willing to ‘spill the beans’

KOTA BARU: The sacked corporate liaison officer of the Kelantan Mentri Besar Corporation has threatened to “tell all” about the alleged abuse of power and financial mismanagement by its chief executive officer.
Syed Azidi Syed Abdul Aziz, popularly known as the blogger Kickdefella, said he was ready to spill the beans on the inside stories of the corporation under its chief executive officer Abdul Ariffahmi Abd Rahman, who is Mentri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat’s son-in-law.
At a press conference in front of the corporation’s office along Jalan Kuala Krai on Wednesday, Syed Azidi called for Ariffahmi to step down as the CEO, as his alleged dirty dealings would tarnish Nik Abdul Aziz’s reputation and that of the state government and PAS.
“This must be exposed. His appointment as the CEO also has elements of deceit that even Nik Abdul Aziz is not aware of,” he claimed.
Syed Azidi, who joined the corporation in 2007, received his termination letter signed by Ariffahmi on Tuesday for allegedly lodging a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission over the management of corporation and conspiring with Barisan Nasional assemblymen.
Syed Azidi claimed that he had sensitive materials that include minutes of meetings and financial documents to back his allegations.
“This matter about the corporation is an open secret but nobody was willing to do anything because most of the officers had signed an oath of secrecy and that is why they remain tight-lipped.
“I want to clear my name and categorically state here that before I was sacked I had nothing to do with the MACC’s investigation into the alleged financial anomalies or irregularities at the corporation.
“I will continue to support Nik Abdul Aziz and at the same time make him realise that his son-in-law is a liability to him,” said Syed Azidi.
However, Ariffahmi has refuted all the accusations, saying that he had instructed his lawyers to scrutinise each word uttered by Syed Azidi.
He stressed that he was unperturbed by Syed Azidi’s remarks because “he can say anything he wants as my mind is at peace.”
“I have done no wrong,” he told reporters at his bungalow not far from his father-in-law’s house in Pulau Melaka here.
Ariffahmi also said Syed Azidi’s services were “terminated” and he was not sacked.
“Syed Azidi had signed a three-year contract with the corporation and his services were terminated because his performance was not up to the standard required by the corporation.
“But we have been generous and gave him RM20,000 as compensation,” he added.
On allegations that his appointment had violated the laws as he was the son-in-law of Nik Abdul Aziz, Ariffahmi said his appointment had been given the greenlight by the state legal adviser and had the blessings of the Kelantan PAS legal adviser.
“I have nothing to hide. I have been cooperating with the MACC. I am confident that I would be cleared of all these allegations,” he said.
On Nov 5, MACC officers seized financial documents from the corporation, which was set up to oversee the state’s economic and social development.

tunku : at last the kickdefella has been kicked himself.what a twist.in life there will be twist somewhere, somehow.anyway,what has this fella been doing all these while? only when he is "kicked" then only he's willing to spill the beans.if he's still working there, i'm sure he won't spill any beans as he will eat all the beans himself. this is the case of pot calling the kettle black.he put the Malaysian flag upside down, now his life is upside down.i wonder why his boss the liar husam didn't come to his rescue???