Anthony Loke has resigned as Transport Minister with immediate effect following the Kuala Lumpur High Court’s ruling ordering former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his prison sentence under house arrest.
PETALING JAYA: Anthony Loke has resigned as Transport Minister with immediate effect following the High Court’s decision today allowing former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his SRC International prison sentence under house arrest.
In a statement today, Loke said his resignation was in line with the position he had announced last Friday.
“Following the Kuala Lumpur High Court’s decision today for Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to serve his house arrest sentence, and in line with the position I announced last Friday, my resignation as Transport Minister takes effect immediately,” he said.
