1MDB, UMNO

1MDB (Part 3)

59 Comments

Zamil Ibrahim of KITA seems fond of saying things about which he seems confused or ignorant.

Firstly I never said RM42 billion had gone missing. What I said was that RM42 billion was borrowed by 1MDB.

Some of the borrowed money was used to buy power plants and Government land along Jalan Tun Razak and the Sungai Besi Airport land at ridiculously low price. These are marked up greatly and claimed as assets. Private land in Penang with lots of squatters was also bought at a much higher price.

1 billion USD (RM3.6 billion) was paid to Petro Saudi and some other purchases and investments.

Continue reading 1MDB (Part 3) →

UMNO

AHLI-AHLI AKAR UMBI UMNO

73 Comments

1. Saya ucap terima kasih kerana ada ahli-ahli akar umbi UMNO yang menasihati saya supaya tidak “menyerang” Dato’ Sri Najib, Presiden UMNO dan Perdana Menteri Malaysia.

2. Saya punyai sedikit pengalaman dalam bidang politik, terutama yang berkaitan dengan budaya Melayu. Kita cenderung untuk setia kepada pemimpin. Kita tidak soal apa-apa yang dilakukan oleh pemimpin. Dia pemimpin, kita pengikut. Oleh itu, ikut sahajalah. Lebih-lebih lagi apabila kita diberi penerangan olehnya secara tertutup seolah-olah kita dapat berkongsi rahsia dengan pemimpin kita.

Continue reading AHLI-AHLI AKAR UMBI UMNO →

1MDB, UMNO

1MDB

100 Comments

1. The management of Government finances is governed by laws, rules, regulations and practices. Companies also have similar systems but Government manages huge sums of money, basically the people’s money and it is imperative that the managers follow the laws, rules and regulations.

2. Corruption prevails in almost all Governments. But usually they involve relatively small sums. The work of auditors are supplemented by special anti-corruption authorities to ensure that as little as possible of Government money is misused, abused or basically stolen by the people authorised to manage it.

3. Governments can lose money through bad investments. We would know where the money is lost. But when huge sums of money disappear, then those entrusted with its management must answer for the disappearance. Disappearance is different from just losing. Disappearance is about money lost which cannot be traced. This can be because of corruption or theft.

Continue reading 1MDB →

Uncategorized

THE CROOKED BRIDGE AND ME

58 Comments

1. Some people believe that I am so angry over not building the crooked bridge that I want Najib to resign.

2. I am not so frivolous. Yes, I am disappointed, especially as Najib appealed to the Singapore PM to build a bridge and the latter rejected it. It is shameful that we dare not build a bridge in our own land without approval by Singapore.

3. This shameful episode is not enough for me to ask Najib to step down. Najib is the son of Tun Razak, the man responsible for my elevation to Prime Ministership. Partly for that reason and partly because Najib showed good performance when I was PM, I wanted Najib to be PM. And people know I worked hard at it pressuring Abdullah to appoint him as DPM, so that he would become PM, when Abdullah leaves.

4. But Najib failed in many areas after becoming PM. Apart from the bridge he did not go ahead with the double tracking and electrification of the railway line from J.B. to Padang Besar which had been agreed upon but was dropped by Abdullah. For 14 billion Ringgit we would have this project completed by 2010. Instead, forced by the demand, he sanctioned the continuation of the track from Ipoh to Padang Besar for 12 billion Ringgit. We lost a lot of money.

Continue reading THE CROOKED BRIDGE AND ME →

Islam

HUDUD

62 Comments

1. Saya terkejut mendengar bahawa UMNO Kelantan menyokong hudud PAS. Saya harap mereka faham apa yang dilakukan oleh mereka.

2. Hudud PAS bukan hudud Islam sebab ia sangat tidak adil, sedangkan Al-Quran menuntut keadilan apabila menghukum.

3. Hukum potong tangan, rejam sampai mati dan penggal leher ke atas orang Islam tetapi mengenakan hukum yang amat ringan kepada orang bukan Islam dalam masyarakat yang sama amatlah tidak adil. Justeru itu hudud PAS bukan hukum hudud Islam.

4. Yang kedua ialah niat PAS dan juga UMNO Kelantan apabila memperkenalkan hudud PAS adalah untuk kepentingan politik. Ini menjadikan hukum hudud PAS dan sokongannya oleh UMNO tidak Islam.

5. Bahawa niat PAS adalah untuk politik adalah jelas daripada “Amanat Perdana Pemangku Presiden YAB Tuan Guru Dato Haji Abdul Hadi Awang – Pilihanraya Ke-11 Formula Kemenangan pada 18 Januari 2003, 15 Zulkaedah 1423 Hijrah”.

6. Amanat ini berbunyi demikian, “yang pentingnya perlu ada kerjasama untuk menjatuh atau mengurangkan penguasaan atau hegemoni BN di Parlimen dan kali ini DAP perlu diyakinkan bahawa mudharat kerjasama ini dapat dikurangkan sebab konsep kerjasama ini berbeza dalam strategi 2 Arca berbanding BA-1999”

7. Ini disusuli dengan “Justeru kerana isu Negara Islam dan pelaksanaan Hudud dan Syariah menjadi punca perpecahan BA dahulu, maka PAS perlu membuat satu pengorbanan dan itihad-besar untuk tidak memasukkan persoalan Negara Islam dan pelaksanaan Hudud di peringkat Federal. Peruntukan mengenai Islam adalah mencukupi sekadar apa yang telah termaktub dalam
Perlembagaan Persekutuan dan seperti yang diamalkan kini di peringkat Federal.

Continue reading HUDUD →

UMNO

SOAL TAK JAWAB

148 Comments

1. Saya sedar saya keseorangan. Tetapi jika saya juga berasa bertanggungjawab kepada rakyat salahkah. Apabila duit rakyat hilang dan ini tersembunyi dari rakyat salahkah kalau saya tanya.

2. Saya fikir jika diadakan soal jawab melalui T.V tentulah kerana ingin beritahu rakyat, bukan saya sahaja.

3. Hakikatnya wang 1MDB ada dimana masih tidak dijawab, kata Dato Sri Najib wang itu tidak ada di Cayman Islands. Tetapi dulu mengaku ada di Cayman Islands dan sudah dibawa balik.

4. Rakyat jadi lebih keliru. Jika tidak ada di Cayman Islands, ada dimana? Daripada mana datang wang yang separuh dibawa balik dahulu dan separuh dibawa balik untuk disimpan di Singapura.

5. Kenapa perlu simpan duit yang bukan dari Cayman Islands dan tidak diguna untuk bayar faedah dua billion. Kenapa kerajaan membuat standing credit sebanyak 900 million.

Continue reading SOAL TAK JAWAB →

Uncategorized

SUPPORTING NAJIB

129 Comments

1. As a result of the exposure regarding the Altantuya case and 1MDB, Najib is now getting pledges of support from UMNO division heads, BN, MIC, Senators and all kinds of groups. This is what the mainstream press reports.

2. I am not asking anybody to support me. But I am going to ask all those who support Najib to declare they all support his 1MDB, 1MDB borrowing 42 billion Ringgit and his inability to answer where the money is when asked.

3. Do you also support keeping billions of Ringgit in Cayman Islands? Do you also support that having brought back the money, it must be kept in a Swiss Bank in Singapore. Do you also support the explanation that the money cannot be brought back to Malaysia by the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance because Bank Negara will ask too many questions.

Continue reading SUPPORTING NAJIB →

UMNO

TIDAK WAJAR MINTA TOLONG DR MAHATHIR

79 Comments

1. Saya tidak tawar untuk menolong sesiapa untuk mengatasi apa-apa masalah.

2. Dalam blog saya, saya tidak menuduh Dato Seri Najib melakukan apa-apa jenayah. Itu boleh ditentukan jika polis dapat membuat siasatan. Yang saya pohon ialah jawapan kepada soalan-soalan yang disuarakan oleh ramai rakyat.

3. Saya akui dimasa saya juga ada kehilangan wang negara. Tetapi rakyat dan dunia tahu bagaimana wang ini hilang. Kerugian yang dialami oleh Perwaja diketahui. Demikian juga dengan salah urus Bank Bumiputra oleh pengurusannya. Maminco rugi kerana London Metal Exchange memutuskan bahawa bijih timah yang dijual mengikut perjanjian jual beli yang sah tidak perlu ditunaikan dengan membekal logam berkenaan kepada pembeli. Ini diputuskan untuk menyelamat penjual yang tidak ada timah. Malaysia sebagai pembeli mengalami kerugian.

4. Saya ingin penerangan berkenaan bagaimana Konsortium Perkapalan dan Forex merugikan Kerajaan dan bagaimana saya terlibat dalam perkara ini.

5. Yang nyata ialah negara tahu dimana pergi wang yang dilabur semasa saya. Dalam perniagaan adakala untung, adakala rugi. Yang tidak boleh diterima ialah duit itu hilang tanpa diketahui kemana.

Continue reading TIDAK WAJAR MINTA TOLONG DR MAHATHIR →

UMNO

UMNO dan PRU 14

116 Comments

1. Ramalan oleh masyarakat sekarang ialah UMNO dan BN akan kalah Pilihanraya Umum ke-14 kerana terlalu banyak tuduhan yang dibuat terhadap Najib yang tidak dijawab olehnya.

2. Ia bermula dengan kes pembunuhan Altantuya, wanita Mongolia yang terlibat dengan skandal pembelian kapal selam.

3. Dua orang anggota polis dituduh menembak mati wanita berkenaan, dibicara, didapati bersalah, kemudian didapati tidak bersalah dan dibebaskan. Kemudian dibicara semula dan dikena hukum bunuh.

4. Seorang daripada mereka berada dalam tahanan tetapi Sirul seorang lagi berada di Australia. Dia membuat kenyataan bahawa dia diarah untuk membunuh.

5. Rakyat tertanya-tanya siapa yang memberi arahan. Sebagai pengawal peribadi Dato Sri Najib, dakwaan Sirul perlu disiasat untuk menentukan siapa yang memberi arahan. Tetapi selain daripada Najib berkata Sirul “merepet”, tidak ada siasatan yang dibuat. Ini adalah nyawa manusia. Amatlah zalim jika Sirul dibunuh kerana menjalankan arahan.

Continue reading UMNO dan PRU 14 →

Uncategorized

Kuan Yew and I

82 Comments

1. No matter how friendly or unfriendly we are, the passing away of a man you know well saddens you.

2. I cannot say I was a close friend of Kuan Yew. But still I feel sad at his demise.

3. Kuan Yew became well known at a young age. I was a student in Singapore when I read about his defence of labour unions.

4. I first met Kuan Yew when I was a member of Parliament in 1964 after Singapore joined Malaysia in 1963. We crossed swords many time during the debates. But there was no enmity, only differences in our views of what was good for the newborn nation. He included me among the ultra Malays who was responsible for the racial riots in Singapore. Actually I never went to Singapore to stir up trouble. Somebody else whom I would not name did.

5. The Tunku attended the inaugural meeting of the PAP and was quite friendly with Kuan Yew. He believed Kuan Yew was a bastion against Communism. But when the PAP contested in the Malaysian elections in 1964 with Malaysian Malaysia as its slogan, Tunku felt that the PAP’s presence in Malaysia was going to be disruptive for the country.

6. When I became PM in 1981, I paid a courtesy call on Kuan Yew. It was a friendly call and he immediately agreed to my proposal that the Malaysia and Singapore times which had always been the same should be advanced by half an hour. I explained that it would be easier adjusting our time when travelling as we would fall within the time zones fixed for the whole world at one hour intervals.

7. I am afraid on most other issues we could not agree.

Continue reading Kuan Yew and I →