Dr Mahathir receives one tonne of dodol, house filling up with food and flowers
- 5 years ago
Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said his home was filling up with food and flowers after the government made a ruling that ministers can only accept those items but not gifts worth more than RM500.
"I no longer get many gifts. When I was the prime minister the first time, I was gifted 26 cars which I returned and some I put at the Langkawi museum.
"What we can accept are food and flowers. Now there is a lot of food and flowers at my house.
"There are even people who delivered one tonne of dodol, fruits and I had to give them away," he told journalists after charing the Special Cabinet Committee on Anti-Corruption in Putrajaya.
The gift policy was introduced in June last year and applies to members of the administration ranging from ministers to political secretaries.
"I no longer get many gifts. When I was the prime minister the first time, I was gifted 26 cars which I returned and some I put at the Langkawi museum.
"What we can accept are food and flowers. Now there is a lot of food and flowers at my house.
"There are even people who delivered one tonne of dodol, fruits and I had to give them away," he told journalists after charing the Special Cabinet Committee on Anti-Corruption in Putrajaya.
The gift policy was introduced in June last year and applies to members of the administration ranging from ministers to political secretaries.