PKR has demanded that Rosmah Mansor respond to claims by carpet trader Deepak Jaikishin that he had paid RM13 million to purchase jewellery for her in 2008 and 2009.
When contacted, an aide to Rosmah said he would have to check on the claim.
Malaysiakini has also contacted the jewellers involved and is awaiting their response.
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Meanwhile, Businessperson Deepak Jaikishan has denied knowledge of PKR directorof strategy Rafizi Ramli's allegations earlier today that he had purchased custom jewellery for the prime minister's wife Rosmah Mansor.
"I put it on record - I have never given it (the documents) to him. I have not given it to an intermediary to give it to him. That much I can promise you," he told a press conference today.
The carpet trader also denied having ever seen the documents disclosed by Rafizi today, nor that he has any contact with him.
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