Barisan MPs ‘will stay loyal’ - The Star

PEKAN: Barisan Nasional has not identified any of its Member of Parliament who wants to defect to other parties.

“There may be stories being spread right now but we have not identified anyone who will switch to other parties,” said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak yesterday.

“All this while, we are confident that they are loyal to Barisan Nasional. They must remember that they are selected by the party to contest and they did so under Barisan Nasional’s ticket,” he added.

He said they would be betraying Barisan if they switched to another party.

In Putrajaya, Barisan secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said talks of crossovers by Barisan MPs and assemblymen in Sabah and Sarawak were “hearsay and not correct.”

He said Umno teams sent to the two states to investigate reports of crossovers could not verify the claims.

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