KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 — Incumbent Rawang assemblyman Gan Pei Nei said allegations that likely cost her the chance to defend the seat were the work of rivals in PKR.
The Star reported Gan as rebutting the poison pen letter that alleged she misused funds and was absent from the constituency, in which she responded that she had just given birth last month.
“Even then, I only took two weeks off. But on Sunday, PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail told me during a meeting I had been suspended from contesting due to the letter,” she said yesterday.
The two-term assemblyman said she is willing to be investigated and will provide the necessary documents to defend herself.
“I do not reject the possibility that it could have been done by someone within the party who questioned my credibility due to my recent pregnancy absence.
“Many new mothers would take two to three months’ break but I still continued to work despite the need to breastfeed my child,” Gan said.
She also said she does not intend to stand as an independent candidate despite being dropped, adding that her current focus is to clear her name of the allegations.
