KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Sri Shahrir Samad insisted there was nothing wrong for him to accept the RM1mil political fund from party president Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

“Is it wrong for me to ask my party president for funds for my constituency?

“Who else do I ask money from if not my party president,” he said at a press conference here yesterday.

The senior Umno leader said he would meet Najib at functions on occasions, either in capacity as BNBBC chairman or as an UMNO member.

“When I meet him (Najib), I sometimes ask for money for party expenditure,” said Shahrir.

“If I ask the money from contractors or businessman, then that would not be appropriate.”

He was asked to comment on a recent posting of the online blog Sarawak Report which said Shahrir had received RM1mil from Najib after the 13th General Election.

Shahrir said he was not bothered by the report and had clarified the matter through his posting on BNBBC website on Monday.