Malaysian ex-health minister Khairy to be DJ for Hot FM

The former Malaysian health minister Khairy Jamaluddin will be a DJ for the country's Hot FM radio station, according to Malaysian media on Thursday. Khairy will begin work at the station next Wednesday and will handle the Bekpes Hot segment, according to the New Straits Times.

He will be on duty Monday to Friday from 6 am to 10 am as a radio announcer, according to a statement from Media Prima Audio, which owns Hot FM.

The offer to Mr Khairy was made by Media Prima Audio in an open letter on Instagram, according to the New Straits Times.

According to the New Straits Times, Mr Khairy had good ideas to add colour to Bekpes Hot and will share hosting duties with the Hot FM network content director Shah Hayatudin.

Mr Khairy was a three-term member of Parliament for Rembau in Negeri Sembilan before he was moved to contest the more urban constituency of Sungai Buloh in Selangor during Malaysia's 15th General Election GE 15 last year.

In January, Mr Khairy was sacked by the United Malays National Organisation UMNO after a party supreme council meeting.

The UMNO supreme council member Puad Zarkashi claimed in a Facebook post on January 28 that Mr Khairy had been sacked for criticising the party and its president during GE 15 campaigning.