Former Melaka chief minister Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik today submitted his membership form to join PPBM.
“He wants to join PPBM because Umno has not recovered under president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi,” said a close family member.
Rahim, who was Melaka chief minister from 1982 to 1994, handed over his form to PPBM Supreme Council member Redzuan Yusof in Ayer Keroh, Melaka.
If he becomes a member of PPBM, Rahim will be in the same coalition as DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng, who in the past had accused Rahim of raping an underaged girl.
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In 1995, Lim was sentenced by the Melaka High Court for maliciously printing false news under the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984 and under the Sedition Act 1948, over the matter.
Lim was sentenced to 18 months’ jail but was released after 12 months.
Rahim, however, denied the rape claim and was never prosecuted although he resigned as Melaka chief minister.
He recently alleged on Facebook that he was the victim of a conspiracy.
Meanwhile, Bernama reported that Rahim today announced his resignation from Umno, a party he has been with for over four decades saying that the party could no longer champion the Malays.
“I quit the party because PPBM can champion the Malays better, more efficiently and more effectively,” the news agency quoted him as saying.
Rahim also said he decided to leave Umno voluntarily and was not pressured to do so.
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