Khalid clarifies letter of support, says it was for affordable housing

Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad has clarified that he did suggest a mixed development project which included affordable homes be approved for a developer while he was the federal territories minister as it was in line with the vision of the ministry at that time.

This came after he was accused of backing a developer's bid to obtain approval for the transfer of a plot of land in November 2019 despite the policy of the then-Pakatan Harapan government not to issue support letters.

The former federal territories minister was said to have left a handwritten note on...