Si banduan boleh hadir Parlimen?...

Si banduan boleh hadir Parlimen?....

Apa yang diketahui apabila seseorang MP itu dijatuhi hukuman denda lebih RM2,000 dan penjara maka kedudukannya sebagai wakil rakyat baik Adun atau ahli parlimen hilang. Namun ternyata tanggapan itu tidak tepat.

Contohnya kedudukan ahli parlimen Pekan Najib Razak walaupun sudah dijatuhi hukuman penjara 12 tahun dan denda RM210 juta, tetapi statusnya sebagai ahli parlimen Pekan tersebut masih kekal hingga ke hari ini, demikian menurut speaker parlimen Azhar Harun.

Under Article 48 of the Federal Constitution,a person can be disqualified as an MP if they are 

convicted for an offence and sentenced to more than one year in jail and fined more than RM2,000.

"Mengambil kira permohonan pengampunan yang telah dibuat sebelum ini dan juga usul tersebut di atas (semakan kehakiman) yang difailkan, maka status Najib Razak sebagai ahli parlimen Pekan pada masa ini tidak berubah," jelas Azhar. Makanya kepada mana-mana wakil rakyat yang disabitkan hukuman yang membolehkan statusnya sebagai wakil rakyat hilang bolehlah mengambil duluan (percedent) yang berlaku ke atas Najib itu. 

Apabila anda dijatuhi hukuman, sila buat permohonan pengampunan dan semakan kehakiman terlebih dahulu, kerana setidak-tidaknya anda masih bergelar wakil rakyat untuk beberapa ketika dan mendapat semua kemudahan dan elaun wakil rakyat. Dan kalau proses permohonan itu tergenddala atau dilewatkan maka anda masih menjadi wakil rakyat serta mendapat semua kemudahan termasuk elaun. 

Persoalan, apakah dengan status itu maka speaker akan membenarkan Najib untuk hadir bersidang apabila sidang diadakan kelak. Mungkin Najib boleh memohon jasa baik penjara untuk hadir sidang. Kerana kalau mengikut penjelasan Azhar itu, Najib masih "valid" sebagai wakil rakyat. - mso

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Anti-apartheid hero vs hero kleptocrat...

In 1964, Nelson Mandela, who had already served a five-year term for illegally leaving the country, was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of sabotage.

He spent the next 18 years at Robben Island prison in a damp cell measuring eight by seven feet, sleeping on a straw mat and breaking rocks into gravel during the day.

During his time there, Mandela suffered various health problems including contracting tuberculosis, and he was eventually transferred to the relative comfort of Victor Verster Prison in 1988, before being freed two years later. He died in 2013 after suffering from a prolonged respiratory infection at age 95.

We then have to wonder how people from these countries Zwelivelile included would react to jailed former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak being compared to the great anti-apartheid campaigner.

On Sunday, his son Mohd Nizar Najib (below) compared his father’s imprisonment to that of Mandela’s experience, saying that he would rise above the challenges similar to what the South African anti-apartheid leader did.

How do you compare a statesperson who stood up against an oppressive regime with a thief who plundered the nation’s wealth? Mandela fought for the end of apartheid and his work inspired and continues to inspire others to stand up against oppression and fight for freedom.

What will Najib be remembered for? He was already described as “kleptocracy at its worst” by former US attorney-general Jeff Sessions, and by The Economist as a “brazen kleptocrat”. At home, the Court of Appeal described him as a “national embarrassment”.

Najib’s claim that the RM2.6 billion was a donation from the Arab royal family was not sustained, even in a court of law. Even his then deputy prime minister, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who claimed he met the Arab donor, was never called as a witness for the defence.

Conducting its largest ever kleptocracy investigation, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) said billions were diverted to offshore bank accounts and shell companies, many linked to Najib’s associate and friend Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low. As of March 3 this year, 1MDB debts stood at RM38.5 billion, of which RM6.5 billion was in interest alone. Malaysians will continue to pay for Najib’s follies for a long, long time.

Against this background, how could Najib be likened to Mandela? The latter was an idol and father figure for billions of people while Najib would certainly not be idolised except by the sycophants and cronies who were adequately compensated for their roles in what can be said as the darkest days of the nation.

But this is not the first time Najib attempted to put himself on the same plinth as Mandela. In December 2013, he said Umno was fighting for the “same cause” as the South African leader. While the partisan crowd would have applauded and swallowed that hook, line, and sinker, writer Kee Tuan Chye poo-poohed the monologue with this stinker: What same cause?

Mandela fought against racial discrimination, whereas Umno institutionalised racial discrimination a few decades ago and still upholds it. Mandela never advocated black supremacy, whereas Umno promotes Ketuanan Melayu (Malay supremacy), he wrote.

Klang MP Charles Santiago aptly put the comparative statement by Nizar: “Oh gosh. I want to vomit. Where did this guy get his education? Comparing freedom fighter Mandela with thief Najib is a crime! “One stood up for empowerment and democracy. The latter stole from the country to buy jewellery. A stupid way to rewrite history.”

It is no secret that Nizar will replace his father as the candidate for the Parliamentary constituency of Pekan. He may have put his foot in the mouth but there will be those who will be convinced that like Mandela, Najib will rise from the dumps.

He would have certainly drawn bigger applause from the majority of Malaysians if he had drawn similarities with Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines, or Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, or Sani Abacha of Nigeria.

Would Nizar compare his mum Rosmah Mansor to Mother Theresa? He needs to be reminded that if he ever does any more of his comparisons, he must compare apples to apples and not apples to oranges, or any other fruit. - R.Nadeswaran,mk

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Pertaruhan kuda yang salah...

Pertaruhan kuda yang salah... .

The foolish S'pore minister who thought 

Najib could become PM again this year...

Najib Razak is currently serving 12 years’ jail after he lost his final appeal in the Federal Court on August 23. But in less than 2 weeks as the Kajang Prison Complex’s newest inmate, the crook has started his usual drama again. Born with a silver spoon, it’s extremely difficult for the former prime minister to spend time in prison, even if he enjoys some special treatments.

 

Unable to lose face, first he told his daughter Nooryana to tell his hardcore supporters that he was doing fine in the prison. Days later, Nooryana, who lives a lavish lifestyle thanks to billions stolen by her parents, whined and bitched that her father would be missing his usual Starbucks. She said she felt guilty ordering from the coffee chain because she knew her father would be missing his caramel macchiato.

 

Now, Nooryana is trying to gain sympathy with another sob story after her precious daddy has been admitted to hospital due to gastro-intestinal issues, whining again how the world’s biggest crook is prone to stomach ulcers. She is building a case for her daddy to spend most of the prison time in the hospital’s first-class room. It’s also a tactic to use health to bait for a royal pardon.

However, King Sultan Abdullah has today reminded Muslims in the country that Islamic justice does not give any privilege or exception to anyone who commits wrongdoing – be it oneself, close friends, family members or parents. Whether it was a hint that the monarch is not ready to grant a royal pardon for Najib, or just another fork-tongued lip service, remains to be seen.

 

After all, it was the same King who condemned corruptions in June, but had happily invited a convict – Najib Razak – to the Palace for a special dinner during Ramadan on April 18. Not only Najib was invited to dine and wine with the Agong (King), the crook was seated at the high table alongside Prime Minister Ismail Sabri, who in turn seated next to the Malay Ruler.

 

Sultan Abdullah of Pahang was not the only one who has raised eyebrows about the monarch seen honouring a pair of crooks, Najib and his wife Rosmah Mansor, at the palace. In May, Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan similarly received criticisms for honouring Najib when he paid a special visit to the convict during his three-day visit to Malaysia.

Officially, the Singapore minister’s meeting schedule included Sultan Nazrin of Perak, Senior Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein, Chairman of National Recovery Council (former PM) Muhyiddin Yassin, and Terengganu Chief Minister Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar, among others. Stunningly, Mr Vivian did not feel any shame when he proudly met – even photographed – with Mr Najib.

 

High Court Judge Nazlan had in July 2020 sentenced Najib Razak to 12 years in prison for abuse of power, and 10 years in jail for each of six counts of money laundering and breach of trust (CBT) in addition to RM210 million fines. On December 8, 2021, the Court of Appeal upheld Najib’s conviction – even called the 1MDB scandal a “national embarrassment”.

Essentially, when Singapore’s Foreign Minister paid a courtesy visit to Najib in May 2022, he knew that the ex-premier was a convicted criminal. Yet, he was sent by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to cover all grounds, obviously anticipating the possibility that Najib, a close “durian buddy” of PM Lee, could spring a magical comeback as Prime Minister of Malaysia again.

Exactly where did Singapore get the idea that Najib was above the law and would walk away free this year? Everything started in August 2021 when Najib and his former deputy Zahid Hamidi led 14 UMNO lawmakers to withdraw support for backdoor PM Muhyiddin Yassin. The appointment of Ismail Sabri as the new premier saw the return of defeated UMNO to the driving seat.

Singapore was so cocksure Najib would return as prime minister again that in less than 3 weeks after un-elected Sabri became PM, Straits Times published that Najib was set to become a special economic adviser to Sabri administration. In fact, Singapore said Sabri had offered the advisory role with ministerial status to Najib, as if it was a done deal and Najib will be acquitted.

 

Najib, incredibly confident he would get the job, gloated on Facebook – “The time has come to solve problems. I have taken the time to outline various suggestions, steps and approaches to tackle Covid-19, increase public and investor confidence and restore the economy and people’s prosperity. I am very confident and believe these approaches that I have recommended are realistic, will bear fruit, and are easy to implement in the near future.”

Lee Hsien Loong might have been misled into believing that the good old times with his buddy Najib was around the corner. It was hard to believe otherwise when his buddy was so powerful and influential that he could basically walk into the office of PM Sabri as if it was his. The clueless and incompetent turtle egg man, a vice-president of UMNO, was seen as warming up the seat for Najib.

PM Lee had never thought that his best friend, ex-PM Najib Razak, could lose the 14th General Election in May 2018. His government had recklessly counted the chickens before they hatched – pouring tons of money and resources to create an ambitious second Central Business District (CBD) at the western suburb region of Jurong, also known as Jurong Lake District.

 

Yes, in anticipation of Najib’s mega project – RM110 billion HSR (High Speed Rail) – development in Jurong, Singapore had even removed the Tanjong Pagar Terminal port and relocated it to Tuas. Lee government had paid tens of billions acquiring over 12 hectares of land from a golf club and several residential developments. Investors too had poured millions in property and commercial investments.

Prime Minister Lee was humiliated when, despite wearing “Malaysian Batik” to impress newly crowned Prime Minister Mahathir, was given just 30 minutes during a bilateral meeting in Kuala Lumpur. An hour after the meeting between both leaders, Mahathir deliberately told all and sundry that all bilateral agreements with Singapore will be reviewed, including the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail.

 

That explains why Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian visited former prime ministers Najib and Muhyiddin, but not Mahathir. That also explains why Vivian raised the issue of the aborted HSR project when he visited Malaysia in May. Despite compensated S$102.8 million (RM320.27 million) for terminating the HSR, Singapore still wanted it to continue after pouring tens of billions of dollars.

 

And Singapore knew only Najib could revive HSR, his pet project. Foreign countries like Singapore and China like corrupted leaders like Najib because such crook will sell his country in exchange for bribes. The Court of Appeal might be so disgusted it had called the 1MDB scandal a “national embarrassment”, but Najib is considered a gem by Singapore.

However, as much as Lee Hsien Loong adores Najib Razak, Singapore should at least pretend that it despises corruption and avoid being seen as worshipping or honouring a crook. After all, Singapore was ranked 4th in the 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). In truth, of course, the country is just another top financial hub for money laundering.

 

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) admitted last year that as parts of the effort to prevent money laundering and financing of criminal activity, it would create a digital platform enabling banks to share information on customers and transactions. But the damage has been done – Singapore was involved in 1MDB scandal from the beginning, either directly or indirectly.

 

HSR High Speed Rail - Malaysia to Singapore

It wasn’t until the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) opened investigation papers and Switzerland dropped the bombshell that a criminal investigation into 1MDB (1Malaysia Development Berhad) had revealed that about US$4 billion appeared to have been misappropriated from Malaysian state companies, that Singapore was forced to act aggressively in early 2016.

In fact, Singaporean police moved in to freeze the accounts of two Singaporean bank accounts linked to 1MDB scandal on July 15, 2015 – only after the Wall Street Journal exposed (on July 2, 2015) about a money trail involving US$681 million transacted through Tanore Finance, a company in the British Virgin Islands, and Falcon Private Bank in Singapore.

 

And that US$681 million (the infamous RM2.6 billion) was found in the private banking accounts of Najib, who was not only the Prime Minister and Finance Minister, but also the Chairman of 1MDB. Caught with his hand in the cookie jar, Najib has claimed that the money was donations from Saudi royal family, an absurd lie that ultimately backfired and led to his imprisonment.

 

Interestingly, Singapore authorities allowed itself to be manipulated by 1MDB President – Mr Arul Kanda – when it was exposed that the assets held by BSI were in the form of “units” instead of “cash”. It wasn’t until Sarawak Report exposed the fraud, that the documents supplied by 1MDB relating to its Brazen Sky Limited account in Singapore were false bank statements, that Singapore started taking serious actions.

Even after the corrupted Najib regime was brought down in May 2018, the government of Lee Hsien Loong tried to give a tough time to Mahathir administration, refusing to return Jho Low’s favourite toy – a private jet. The US$35 million Bombardier Global 5000, impounded by Singaporean authorities in 2017, was part of some US$1 billion in assets acquired with funds siphoned from 1MDB that the U.S. government wanted to seize.

 

Besides Najib’s partner-in-crime private jet, Singapore was equally silent over the stashing of money laundered by Najib and Jho Low in the island. The fact that the new government of Mahathir was forced to appoint a Singapore firm – Tan Rajah & Cheah – to recover billions of ringgit spoke volumes about how Singapore had kept the embarrassing 1MDB scandal as quiet as possible.

The assets sought included at least S$240 million (RM719 million) cash, of which about S$120 million belonged to Mr Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) and his immediate family. Today, Singapore has again bet the wrong horse. Najib, who Lee thought would rise from the ashes when he despatched Vivian Balakrishnan to visit in May, will not be able to share durian with the Singapore leader for a very long time. - FT

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Rosmah deserves max 20 years in prison....

 

As expected, Malaysia’s most hated woman – Rosmah Mansor – has been found guilty of corruption and was sentenced to 10 years’ jail and fined RM970 million. The almost RM1 billion fine is the largest amount ever imposed in history. If she fails to pay the fine, she will need to serve another 10 years in prison. The court allowed a stay of execution pending an appeal.

High Court Judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan on Thursday (Sept 1) delivered the guilty verdict on the 70-year-old self-proclaimed FLOM (First Lady of Malaysia) – 10 years’ jail on each of three corruption charges involving a RM1.25 billion hybrid solar project for 369 rural schools in Sarawak. However, the judge ordered that the prison time run concurrently, which means Rosmah will serve only 10 years in jail.

The jail sentence came just days after her husband, former Prime Minister Najib Razak, lost his final appeal and was jailed for corruption. Unlike her husband’s 1MDB corruption and money laundering scheme which involved three continents, Rosmah’s corruption was simple and straight forward. She had allegedly solicited for herself bribes to the tune of RM187.5 million from Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd.

The money was kickbacks for helping Jepak Holdings obtain a RM1.25 billion project, known as Project Bersepadu Sistem Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Hibrid. The project involved installation of solar hybrid systems and for the maintenance and operation of diesel generators for 369 rural schools in Sarawak. Initially, the company failed to obtain the project directly from the Ministry of Education.

The company then approached Rizal Mansor, Rosmah’s former aide, who then arranged a private meeting between Rosmah with Saidi Abang Samsudin, the managing director and majority shareholder of Jepak Holdings. The meeting took place between January and April 2016 and it was held in the privacy of Najib and Rosmah’s private residence at Jalan Langgak Duta, Kuala Lumpur.

Rosmah initially wanted RM200 million kickbacks (17% of the project value) under the pretext of a “political donation”. However, the rate was reduced to 15% (RM187.5 million) on Rizal’s advice. Jepak Holdings was eventually awarded a three-year contract. In January 2017, Najib personally oversaw the contract awarded to Jepak Holdings, leading to the official execution on June 20, 2017.

But the first payment of bribes – RM5 million – was already made earlier on Dec 20, 2016, and the cash was delivered to Rosmah at her official residence in Putrajaya. The second payment of RM1.5 million cash was personally delivered by Jepak Holdings MD Saidi to Auntie Rosie at her private Langgak Duta home on Sept 7, 2017. However, none of the 369 rural schools in Sarawak receive any electricity.

Sarawak - crossing river to school...

The disgraced couple has created some Malaysian Book of Records – Najib becomes the first former premier to be convicted and sent to 12 years’ jail and fined RM210 million. He was found guilty on one count of abuse of power, three counts of criminal breach of trust (CBT), and three counts of money laundering – all involving RM42 million stolen from SRC International Sdn Bhd (a subsidiary of 1MDB).

While Rosmah’s jail sentence is two years lesser than her hubby’s, she broke records with her RM970 million fine. Her fine can be calculated based on Section 16(a)(A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009, which says one faces imprisonment of up to 20 years and a fine of no less than five times the amount of the gratification or RM10,000, whichever is higher.

Rosmah has 14 days to file an appeal against her conviction with the Court of Appeal. If her conviction is upheld on appeal, her final recourse would be to appeal to the Federal Court. However, if her husband’s appeal process is any indicator, it would take over two years from the date of conviction at the High Court to the date of the final appeal. However, it could be earlier than that.

Like Najib, Rosmah’s lawyers had tried the same silly tactic – demanding, at the eleventh hour, the presiding judge to recuse himself based on dubious and irrelevant leaked documents. Raja Petra Kamarudin, the disgraced blogger-turn-fugitive paid by Najib, had actually done more damage than good when he released so-called damaging documents to undermine the integrity of the court.

To help his political master in the final appeal, Raja Petra tried to smear the reputation of High Court Judge Nazlan Mohd Ghazali with claims that the judge was corrupted and had received RM1 million from 1MDB. Nazlan lodged a police report in April. Stunningly, Najib withdrew his bribery allegations in early August, just a week before Najib’s final appeal.

Besides the wild accusation that Judge Nazlan was tainted with a serious conflict of interest when presiding over the SRC International trial, Najib’s legal eagle had also challenged and demanded – again, at the eleventh hour – Chief Justice Tengku Maimun who led a five-member bench to eject herself. The excuse given was that Maimun’s husband was critical of Najib’s 1MDB corruption.

On both occasions, High Court Judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan and Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat rejected Rosmah and Najib’s respective demands. It was nothing by delay tactic to prevent the presiding judges from delivering their verdict. Instead of raising reasonable doubt related to their cases, the defence lawyers chose to attack the judiciary based on Raja Petra’s articles.

Starbuck's caramel macchiato

Perhaps Najib’s hotshot lawyer Shafee Abdullah and Rosmah’s lead lawyer Jagjit Singh thought there wasn’t any good judge left after 60 years of corrupted Barisan Nasional government. That was why the overrated lawyers spent most of the time cooking dirty tricks to delay their clients’ trials. They knew Najib and Rosmah were as guilty as hell, but played along to earn easy legal fees.

For example, to postpone Rosmah’s trial at the early stage, Jagjit told the court that his client was suffering from “Chronic Adrenal Crisis, Cervical Spondylosis and Osteoarthritis” – sophisticated medical terms for common neck and back pain. In reality, these conditions that most often cause pain and stiffness in the neck affected more than 85% of people over the age of 60 (Rosmah is 70 years old).

For less than RM20, lawyer Jagjit Singh could visit a Guardian pharmacy and buy “Ammeltz Yoko-Yoko” plasters or cream for his client’s so-called life threatening neck and back pain, instead of staging a drama sending Big Mama to court in an ambulance. Rosmah can be assured of its quality and effectiveness because Yoko-Yoko is 100% made and formulated in Japan.

Likewise, Najib’s hotshot lawyer Shafee Abdullah had resorted to cheap tricks of prolonging the SRC International and 1MDB trials. Shafee had claimed that his pet dogs attacked and injured him, while Najib had swollen eyes. In his final appeal, prisoner-in-waiting Najib pretended to sack Shafee and appointed a new team of lawyers, another delay gimmick to stay out of prison.

The best part was when Rosmah shed crocodile tears in front of Judge Mohamed Zaini, begging for mercy, only to turn to her daughter Nooryana Najwa thereafter and smiled as if she had hit a mega millions jackpot. Rosmah’s only comical defence was – “Nobody saw me taking the money, nobody saw me counting the money.”

In retaliation to Jagjit Singh’s attack, Justice Zaini lectured the defence lawyers that the so-called leaked judgement document was not only a draft copy, but it was actually a research document prepared by the “Judicial Administrative Research” – a common practice in countries like the US, Australia, UK, Ireland and Singapore where judicial research assistants write their opinions.

Judge Zaini said – “I have written over 200 judgments to date, all on my own”. He had no plan to allow some rascals turn his court into a circus. The defence’s attempt to intimidate and insult his professionalism only made his job easier. After lunch, he decisively dismissed Rosmah’s application to eject him from presiding her case, and rejected Jagjit’s attempt to stay the decision.

“Can I advise you something”

Like a surgical strike, the High Court announced – “The prosecution has succeeded in proving its case beyond reasonable doubt. The accused is therefore guilty of all three charges”. It was only then that the once de-facto PM Rosmah cried and her lawyer – either naive or dumb – profusely asked for a lenient sentence – a day in jail and for the jail time to run concurrently.

The crooked Rosmah appeared happy when she waved to the media before entering her car after the High Court’s decision. She did not demonstrate any distressing emotion, let alone showed any remorse for stealing money meant for poor children living in poverty in 369 rural schools in Sarawak. Like her husband, she has no idea about the hardship on the ground.

Their despicable daughter, Nooryana, who lives a lavish lifestyle thanks to billions stolen by her parents, was mocked on social media after she whined, moaned and bitched that her father would be missing his usual Starbucks. She said on Instagram that she could not face ordering from the chain because she knew her father, stuck in prison, would be missing his caramel macchiato.

The US-DOJ investigation results say that over US$4.5 billion was misappropriated from the 1MDB fund, with some of the money used to finance Hollywood films, and buy hotels, private jet, luxury Equanimity superyacht, Picasso paintings, jewellery and real estate. More than US$700 million (hence the infamous RM2.6 billion) from the fund landed in Najib’s bank account.

On the night of May 17, 2018, police raided three luxury Pavilion Residences condominiums in Kuala Lumpur owned by Najib Razak’s children. Besides RM117 million cash and RM1 billion worth of 12,000 pieces of jewellery, an eye-popping 567 handbags consisted of luxury handbags from 37 different designers – including Chanel, Prada, Hermes and ultra-luxury Bijan – were confiscated.

In his 116-page judgement, Judge Zaini rubbished Rosmah’s earlier lies that she was not in control of the family. Leveraging on the infamous “Can I advise you something” audio clip between Najib and Rosmah that previously went viral, the judge ruled that Rosmah had dominated over her husband, Najib Razak, and had had control over the former prime minister.

Therefore, the High Court ruled that Rizal, Rosmah’s former aide, was telling the truth when he said that the accused had an “overbearing nature” and the ability to influence decisions in the civil service as he had worked with her for many years and would have been able to witness this personally. This means Rosmah had lied when she claimed that she had never interfered in any government project.

In sentencing Rosmah to 10 years’ jail, Judge Zaini warned that corruption must be curtailed before it becomes a pandemic – “Corruption has reached almost every level of society. It must be curtailed before it becomes a pandemic. If corruption is left unbridled, our society will come to accept it as a way of life or business”. The judge might have made a mistake. The Imelda Marcos of Malaysia should be sent to maximum 20 years in prison. – FT

Home Ministry scores own goal 

in citizenship for footballers...

Citizenship has always been a contentious issue. Although the majority of Malaysians are citizens by birth or by operation of law, there are many whose status remains as stateless. Every now and then, cries labelling certain sections of the population as pendatang (migrant) are heard – from politicians and their ilk who use it as a weapon when their arsenal is near empty.

There are thousands of Malaysians who were born in this country and yet have not been accorded citizenship for various reasons. The latest is the case of Hew Ling Poa, a 52-year-old grandmother. She remains puzzled why she still holds a permanent resident (PR) status, despite both her parents being Malaysian.

Hew (left) showing the certificate of identity 

while Low displays her red identification card 

Her younger brother is Malaysian, her late husband is Malaysian, her 25-year-old daughter is Malaysian, and her grandchild is Malaysian. However, Hew, now in her 50s, is still holding a red identity card. There are similar tales of woe all over the country, but there seems to be no political will to solve the problem.

While waiting for the Federal Court hearing, a turn of events took place on Merdeka Day when British-born footballer Lee Tuck announced that he had become a naturalised citizen. He is a footballer playing for Pahang FC since 2017, and his citizenship application appears to have been fast-tracked.

British-born footballer Lee Tuck 

But Tuck is not the first. Before him, fellow Briton Sam Somerville, Guilherme de Paula from Brazil and Liridon Krasniqi from Kosovo were granted citizenship. All three arrived in Malaysia in 2016-2017 to play in the national football league. In short, like Tuck, they have been in Malaysia for about four to five years.

Here is the shocker: From 2014 to 2021, 25 players have been naturalised, eight of whom had no stints with either Harimau Malaya or junior national teams.This means football officials have apparently used their influence or pulled strings to get citizenship for players without meeting the basic prerequisites for their applications to be processed.

So, did the ministry breach its own rules and fast-track their applications? Was it not a dereliction of their duties or was it a case of tutup satu mata (close one eye)? They are not superstars or will come anywhere near the likes of Messe, Neymar or even an English Division Three league player. They are journeymen – on a nomadic trail, unable to eke out a living playing football in their own home. 

In 1980, another journeyman (at that time) Vijay Singh applied for Malaysian citizenship (being married to a Malaysian) while being a pro at the Morib Golf Club in Selangor. It was rejected. He then went to Europe and the US, where he won the US Masters in 2000 and several other titles. 

Indian preacher Zakir Naik

I don’t want to even delve into how some foreign workers have acquired citizenship or how Indian preacher Zakir Naik obtained permanent residency for himself, his wife and his children "within minutes". Media reports said the Home Ministry acted under instructions from leaders of the then BN government.

So, what’s the beef with the 52-year-old grandmother who has lived in Malaysia for 47 years? Why can’t she be given citizenship? What about the mothers who want their children to be recognised as citizens?

If the explanation is that the footballers are professionals and are in the same league as Ronaldo or Mo Salah, it is gibberish. The footballers who come to our shores seeking to make a fortune are journeymen who can find a place in leagues in their own countries. Most are represented by agents who peddle their wards to minor leagues in Asia.

I don’t expect any response this time around, but I hope lawmakers will continue pushing for answers. Hopefully, during the next parliamentary sitting, some light will be shed on the double standards practised by the ministry. - R.Nadeswaran,mk

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Diamonds aren't forever, two down, few more to go....

 

Rosmah Mansor,the wife of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak was convicted over three graft charges linked to the RM1.25 billion solar hybrid project.

The Kuala Lumpur High Court this afternoon sentenced Rosmah Mansor to 10 years in jail and an RM970 million fine, with an additional 30 years imprisonment if she fails to pay the fine. However, the sentence can stay pending an appeal to the Court of Appeal. Trial judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan ruled that the prosecution had established prima facie and the accused failed to raise reasonable doubt in the case.

One charge accused Rosmah of soliciting RM187.5 million and two other counts accused her of receiving bribes of RM6.5 million from Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd’s former managing director Saidi Abang Samsuddin, through her former special officer Rizal Mansor. 

It was allegedly done as an inducement to help the company secure the Hybrid Photovoltaic Solar System Integrated Project and Maintenance and Operation of Genset/Diesel for 369 rural Sarawak schools.

Later during submissions on sentencing, defence counsel Jagjit Singh pleaded for a lenient sentence such as one day in jail as she has contributed much to Malaysian society, especially its children. However, deputy public prosecutor Gopal Sri Ram sought a deterrent sentence of maximum jail time of 20 years or nearly maximum jail time for each offence, as well as a total fine of RM970 million.

The DPP said the breakdown is an RM937.5 million fine for the graft-solicitation charge and RM7.5 million and RM25 million for each of the two graft-receiving charges. The hefty fine of almost a billion ringgit,the highest in history.

“The purpose (of the heavy sentence) in this conviction is to send a message to any would-be offender to stop in their tracks as corruption is the most virulent thing in society,” Gopal said.

Zaini then imposed the sentence which has a stay in effect pending Rosmah’s appeal to the Court of Appeal. The trial judge also allowed her to remain out of prison on an existing RM2 million bail. - mk

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Mael 2 kupang just need to act dumb and play along...

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Jailing of “Bossku” Najib a game changer...

Ismail Sabri’s absence at an UMNO special briefing on Saturday (Aug 27) was a no-brainer. The prime minister deliberately cooked up an excuse to avoid being heckled and jeered by party leaders and members. The session was specially staged by UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to trap and humiliate PM Ismail, who only ranked third in the party hierarchy as one of the three vice-presidents.

 

Instead of attending the cheap drama dedicated to cry, whine and mourn the jailing of Najib Razak, PM Sabri went to Pahang to officiate the Malaysian Cheap Sales Programme. The premier also gave it a miss because he wanted to assess the “hostility” during the UMNO briefing before he attended an UMNO Supreme Council meeting later at night on the same day.

As expected, some 3,000 crowd at the Merdeka Hall in the World Trade Centre had openly jeered and booed Ismail Sabri, one of their kind just because they were instigated to hate the premier for refusing to interfere in the judicial independence in order to free a crook – former PM Najib. Java-immigrant Zahid thought he was clever, but Ismail was smarter.

The PM arrived at the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) headquarters around 8pm, escorted by jaw-dropping security, including balaclava-clad commandos and even an armoured MRAP (mine-resistant ambush protected) vehicle. It was to send a message that not only there was a civil war within UMNO, Sabri was being threatened by some UMNO “terrorists”.

After all, Najib and Zahid had provoked and incited hardcore loyalists to issue death threat to Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat – the first woman Chief Justice – when prisoner-in-waiting Najib was about to be sent to prison. Therefore, it’s possible that Sabri could be assassinated by the desperate crooks in order to immediately trigger a general election.

 

The purpose of the UMNO gathering was to pressure the turtle-egg man to dissolve the parliament. It was also to allow Zahid shed crocodile tears in front of party members to show his loyalty to his former boss as well as capitalized on Najib’s popularity. To make it more dramatic, Najib’s children were put on stage to tell sob stories and to shed more crocodile tears to win sympathy.

Najib in prison...

Zahid was hoping to use Najib’s branding to instigate a huge crowd of angry Najib fanatics to the street. Unfortunately, unlike Anwar Ibrahim’s politically motivated sodomy charges in 1998, which saw tens of thousands of people took to the street, only about 300 people flocked to the Palace in their attempt to harass the King to grant a royal pardon for crooked Najib.

 

While Nooryana Najwa (Najib’s daughter) and Zahid Hamidi have both won best actress and best actor awards respectively, has the UMNO film won the Best Picture Oscars award? Najib hardcore supporters believe the jailing of Najib will backfire as sympathy votes will see the party wins big in the coming 15th General Election. If that’s true, Zahid should not be panicked.

 

Immediately after Najib made history by becoming the first former premier to be imprisoned, Zahid defence lawyers informed High Court judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah that they will call 43 witnesses – double the original number. Clearly, it is a delay tactic in his ongoing trial involving 47 charges related to corruption, money laundering and criminal breach of trust (CBT).

Instead of uniting UMNO like the persecution of Anwar in 1998, which led to “Reformasi” movement, the jailing of Najib has the reverse effect – further splitting the Malay nationalist party. Worshipping Najib like a cult figure is a double-edged sword. In the past, there was a popular question – what will happen to PKR (Parti Keadilan Rakyat or People’s Justice Party) if the party president, Anwar, is imprisoned.

Now, the same question haunts UMNO – can the party survive without Najib? The answer is obvious. The party is running around like a headless chicken from the moment the disgraced ex-premier becomes the Kajang Prison Complex’s newest inmate. Despite being the party president, Zahid appears directionless and behaves like a spoiled little brat who lost his candies.

 

The party is effectively leaderless because everyone has been relying on Bossku to deliver votes and win elections. To make matters worse, not only Zahid’s leadership sucks, those who attended the UMNO gathering on Saturday belonged to two categories – jobless parasite members depended on division chiefs for handouts and division chiefs lobbied for candidacy.

UMNO Special Meeting - Worshipping Najib - Poster

Zahid Hamidi panicked...

That explains why Azalina Othman bites the hand that feeds her. The Special Adviser to the Prime Minister slammed her own boss, PM Ismail Sabri, for refusing to sack current Attorney-General Idrus Harun and appoint a new Najib-friendly A.G. As the general election is around the corner, Azalina was lobbying UMNO president Zahid to sign the letter of candidacy (“surat watikah”).

 

The UMNO gathering was also for Zahid to flex his muscle – to show Sabri, including all the warlords, who is the party boss. As the party president, he can checkmate anyone who goes against him by not signing the letter of candidacy to those who desire to be fielded as candidates for the election. However, for the time being, Sabri is still the most powerful man in the country.

 

Sabri just needed to act dumb and play along, buying time till Zahid is convicted and disqualified to contest in the general election. Just because the Budget 2023 is brought forward by 3 weeks in October does not necessarily mean the premier will dissolve parliament right after that. He can say more reforms need to be done, such as the prime minister term limit.

Prime Minister Ismail Sabri - Clueless

PM Sabri is taking advantage of his clueless face to frustrate Zahid, dragging his feet for as long as he could. What is Zahid going to do about it? It would be like nagging a grumpy cat to go for an early election. The clueless prime minister knew his party president dares not sack him because it would create a new crisis – a bigger split that the party cannot afford at this moment.

 

Another favourite question UMNO used to mock Opposition in 2018, but has now plagued itself is this – who is UMNO’s poster boy? After the jailing of Najib, his loyalist Puad Zarkashi has suggested removing Ismail Sabri as the “poster boy” and candidate for Prime Minister. Now, not only Sabri isn’t sure, but UMNO members too aren’t convince if he will return as PM after winning the national election.

 

Heck, the UMNO vice president isn’t even sure if Zahid will sign his “surat watikah” once parliament is dissolved. The gathering to insult the PM was a huge mistake. It’s not rocket science that Ismail Sabri will do everything in his power to stay if he’s convinced that this is his last term as premier. However, the longer he drags, the riskier it is for UMNO due to inflation and economic uncertainties.

Azalina,Penasihat Undang Undang PM, 

seolah memaksa PM melanggar undang2...

Zahid is expected to ride on sympathy factor during the election campaign, whining and bitching like a broken record about Najib’s unfair trial. However, on the ground as well as on social media, there are increasing numbers of Malays who think otherwise. Fence sitters who previously unsure about Najib’s 1MDB corruptions are now convinced that the son of Razak is indeed guilty.

 

Pouring cold water into false accusations that the judiciary system has been unfair to Najib, Sultan Nazrin of Perak said a judge must be free from any influence or pressure. Taking a dig at Najib and Zahid, the monarch said in the justice system, the judge is an important character and plays a big role in ensuring the credibility and integrity of the judiciary.

 

Some UMNO veterans went as far as using YouTube to slam Zahid’s desperate and pathetic attempt to defend the indefensible. The political party is in a very precarious situation. No one wants to bell the cat. Even Najib’s best buddy, PAS Islamic party president Hadi Awang, chooses to keep quiet as he doesn’t think it’s possible or worthwhile to defend “Bossku”.

Malays’ understanding is very simple. A whopping RM42 million had been stolen – 3 courts and 9 senior judges concurred Najib did it. Not a single judge had ruled otherwise. The head of all three courts who convicted him are ethnic Malay. The Chief Justice is a Malay. The Attorney General is a Malay. And the best part is Najib was sent to the prison by his own UMNO-Malay government.

 

The Malay community might not be sophisticated, but they are smart enough to see how the UMNO special meeting talked only about the super wealthy Najib, a “billionaire” crook behind bars. None of the 3,000 UMNO members and leaders talked about people’s “bread and butter” problems, let alone unemployment, underemployment, high cost of living or sagging economy.

 

Assuming Bossku branding is still influential, it’s unknown if the sympathy factor is significant enough to translate the impact into sympathy votes, what more if Sabri decides to call an election only next year. Najib isn’t some K-Pop celebrity hence the sustainability of his popularity could fade over time. To stay relevant, his paid cyber troopers have to continue updating his Facebook as usual.

While UMNO is chasing its own tail, the jailing of Najib will benefit Opposition Pakatan Harapan. It’s too arrogant to predict the return of Pakatan to power. But at least, the opposition can now tell their supporters, who had otherwise given up on voting again after the treachery “Sheraton Move”, that the votes they had cast in May 2018 has not gone to waste.

RM6 billion LCS littoral combat ship scandal...

In fact, Pakatan Harapan coalition, comprising PKR, DAP, Amanah and UPKO, can use the jailing of Najib to encourage voters to come home to vote again. They can argue that had the voters not returned to vote against the corrupted Najib-led Barisan Nasional coalition in 2018, Chief Justice Tengku Maimun would not have been appointed, allowing Najib to continue stealing.

 

Besides rallying supporters and justifying voters’ sacrifices in 2018, Pakatan Harapan can now show that it was the right decision to throw support behind Ismail Sabri and rejected Muhyiddin Yassin last year. Not only reforms like voting age lowered from 21 to 18 and anti- hopping law have been passed under Sabri administration due to MOU with Pakatan, the jailing of Najib has boosted Pakatan’s credibility.

The fact that traitor Muhyiddin Yassin is eager to work again with Pakatan Harapan under the pretext of defeating Barisan Nasional is testimony to Pakatan’s relevance. The opposition lost in Melaka and Johor state elections largely due to low turnout of Chinese voters, who in turn was discouraged and displeased over how their votes had been stolen.

Sending Najib to prison has answered the ethnic Chinese perception that their votes make no difference. For better or worse, the huge loss in Johor also saw the return of Rafizi Ramli to PKR as the party’s new deputy president. The jailing of Najib provides Rafizi, whose “Ayuh Malaysia” campaign aims to persuade people to vote is gaining momentum, with bullets to hammer UMNO.

 

The LCS (Littoral Combat Ship) scandal exposed by Rafizi recently fits nicely with Najib’s 1MDB scandal. The latest scandal, which saw RM6 billion paid without delivery of any of the six warships under Najib administration, is a major issue close to the heart of the Malays that can be a “tsunami” to defeat Barisan Nasional, or at the very least denies UMNO a big win.

Unlike 1MDB, the LCS scandal is easier to comprehend – and triggers anger – among ethnic Malay because it involved the Royal Malaysian Navy, where 99% personnel is Malays. The modus operandi on how people’s money was stolen in both 1MDB and LCS is the same. By explaining LCS, Malay voters could be made to understand why Najib is jailed due to 1MDB.

“Bossku Najib” behind bars is a game changer. UMNO has weakened while the Opposition is gaining strength. UMNO has enough votes to win if Chinese do not come out to vote (UMNO only won 38.39% and 43.11% popular votes in Melaka and Johor respectively). But the party is toast if the minority ethnics believe the sacred vote in their hands can make a difference after all. - FT

 

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Crocodile tears of hypocrites...

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Najib praised Independent Judiciary in 2015,

but condemned unfair Judiciary in 2022...

UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi on Saturday (Aug 27) claimed that Najib Razak, his former boss, is a victim of political persecution, and has never asked for his charges to be dropped. In front of hundreds of the party leaders and members gathered for a special briefing at its headquarters, Mr Zahid said they must call for a royal pardon for Mr Najib.

 

The president of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) also tried to use the jailing of Najib to push for an immediate general election. Najib’s children – Mohd Nizar and Nooryana Najwa – were also present at the chest-thumping session, where they shamelessly praised their crooked daddy, along with Najib’s infamous wife, Rosmah Mansor – known as Imelda Marcos of Malaysia.

 

Shafee Abdullah and Zaid Ibrahim, two lawyers who represented Najib at the trial of SRC International – but lost spectacularly – also took to the stage at the grand UMNO meeting hall and repeated some of the boring arguments they had used in the Federal Court to defend the former disgraced prime minister. The mass party meeting was nothing but a gathering of the crooks.

Zahid, who is facing 47 charges related to corruption, money laundering and criminal breach of trust (CBT), had watched with his own eyes how merciless Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat – the first woman Chief Justice – slaughtered crooks who tried to waste judicial resources. He knew it’s a matter of time before he joins “Bossku” Najib as the Kajang Prison Complex’s newest inmate.

Rosmah, 70-year-old wife Najib, is expected to be convicted too when the High Court delivers its decision on the coming September 1. While her case is not as explosive as her 69-year-old husband’s, there are sufficient evidences to convict her in the corruption trial linked to the RM1.25 billion Sarawak rural schools’ solar energy project and people will once again celebrate and rejoice.

Nooryana Najwa Najib and Rosmah Mansor

Nooryana, who appears to have perfected her acting skills inherited from Drama King Najib, should win the Academy Awards in milking sympathy from hardcore supporters. Her drama included sharing some sob family stories, reading a letter from Najib behind bars (claiming again that he was not given a fair trial) and crying that his 70-year-old daddy should not be spending time in jail.

She has every reason to defend her father. After all, besides stealing people’s money to accommodate her wife’s lavish lifestyle (including a 22-carat pink diamond necklace worth US$23 million or RM100 million using money siphoned from 1MDB funds), Najib had also used dirty money to host her daughter Nooryana’s lavish wedding in 2015, where flowers alone cost RM3 million.

 

Both overrated UMNO lawyers, Shafee and Zaid, were giving excuses to justify why they had lost. In 2018, Shafee arrogantly said – “We’ll have fun and the prosecution will have nightmares”. The jailing of Najib proves that the so-called UMNO hotshot legal eagles could only win their arguments in a corrupted Kangaroo Court previously, when a single-party-dominant regime UMNO controlled the judiciary system.

 

While Nooryana wins the Oscars award for the best actress, Zahid was the clear winner for best actor. For an UMNO thug like him, it’s terribly hard to shed tears. But Zahid “Komedi” did it flawlessly. With voice choked with emotion, the UMNO president said – “My heart breaks when I look at the crowd and the person who was always with us is not here today”.

Exactly how did Ahmad Zahid Hamidi do it like one of the best K-Drama actors? Easy – he just needed to imagine how Tengku Maimun rejects all his attempts to delay the final appeal and sends him to the prison. However, unlike Najib, Malaysia’s first political blue blood to be imprisoned, the 69-year-old Java-immigrant Zahid will not get any royal pardon if convicted.

 

Zahid Hamidi

If the above mass gathering drama looks and sounds familiar, that’s because Zahid and the Najib family of crooks were taking a page from Anwar Ibrahim. In April 1999, tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets after the former prime minister was convicted and sentenced to 6 years in jail for corruption, triggering violent street protests that raged for four days.

 

It was a second round of massive protest after Anwar led tens of thousands of supporters in September 1998 to protest against then-PM Mahathir, who sacked his deputy over dubious charges of sodomy. Malaysian police, armed with bamboo sticks, and riot police with shields and batons as well as plainclothes police with sticks, along with water cannon trucks, were deployed to contain the protests.

In August 2000, Anwar was convicted of sodomy and sentenced to 9 years in prison. In April 2001, the Court of Appeal upheld his corruption conviction and effectively lost his final appeal in the Federal Court in July 2002. The Court of Appeal upheld his sodomy conviction in April 2003, but stunningly freed him after the Federal Court acquitted him of sodomy in September 2004.

 

In April 2008, about 20,000 people gathered to welcome Anwar’s return to politics after his 5-year ban expired as a result of his conviction for corruption in 2002. But in June 2008, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan met then-Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak at his residence to complain that he had been sodomized by Anwar Ibrahim. He was arrested and charged in the same year.

 

Najib became the 6th Prime Minister in March 2009. In January 2012, the High Court acquitted Anwar in the Sodomy II case, only to be overturned by the Court of Appeal in March 2014 and upheld by the Federal Court February 2015. Anwar was convicted largely because Najib felt threatened after Opposition Pakatan Harapan captured 52% of the popular vote in the May 2013 General Election.

Najib Razak Behind Bars 

As much as Zahid and Najib families wanted to copy Anwar’s “Reformasi” movement, they can’t. As a start, Najib was convicted and sent to prison under his own UMNO government. The fact that the UMNO meeting was held in the comfortable air-conditioned hall, unlike tens of thousands of people who suffered police brutality in defending Anwar, shows which group has the genuine commitment.

 

Aside from shedding crocodile tears, the clueless and panicked Zahid had falsely claimed that Commonwealth nations will see Najib’s trial as unfair. In truth, not a single country was sorry about the former prime minister. When he was charged in 2018, hundreds of journalists – both domestic and foreign – broadcasted the biggest money heist of the century.

 

His ultimate final appeal this week, some 4 years since his trial of stealing RM42 million of public funds began, again saw global news media covering the story. However, there was neither a single country, nor news media that had expressed concern over the unfairness in Najib’s trial. On the contrary, foreign countries applauded how the top court created history by sending the first premier to jail.

In comparison, when Anwar lost his final appeal in 2015 under Najib administration, the United States Embassy in Kuala Lumpur issued a statement – “The decision to prosecute Mr. Anwar, and his trial, have raised serious concerns regarding the rule of law and the independence of the courts”. But the U.S. was not the only country that had followed closely the trial of Anwar.

 

Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, European Union, High Commission of Canada in Malaysia, Australia Foreign Ministry, British government and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights were some of foreign nations or observers who had questioned about judicial independence and had expressed deep concerns over the politically motivated proceedings under the abusive and archaic law.

 

Najib’s 1MDB scandal involved global investigation across three continents, where money was spent on high-end property, luxury goods and lavish holidays and parties involving Najib, his family and partner Jho Low. The U.S.-DOJ investigation results say that over US$4.5 billion was misappropriated from the 1MDB fund, with some of the money used to buy the private jet, a super yacht, Picasso paintings, jewellery and real estate.

Najib Razak, Rosmah Mansor and Riza Aziz

Like it or not, there is no country that sees Najib’s trial as unfair. In fact, former U.S. attorney-general Jeff Sessions described the multi-billion dollar corruption scandal involving former PM Najib as the worst form of kleptocracy. Only UMNO sees the crook as a victim. Even then – birds of the same feather flock together – only Zahid faction in the party is defending Najib.

 

Worse, UMNO primary vote bank – ethnic Malays – was celebrating the jailing of Najib, whose “Malu apa bossku” (What’s the shame, my boss?) moniker was turned into jokes. Taking to social media, they said the ex-premier should not be ashamed of serving the jail sentence and stop being a hypocrite for condemning the same justice system which he had praised before.

 

In 2015, when the United Nations (UN) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said Anwar Ibrahim was illegally jailed, the office of Prime Minister Najib Razak defended the judicial system, saying the verdict to jail opposition leader Anwar was reached by the courts “after exhaustive and comprehensive legal process had been followed over many years”.

Najib said – “The Federal Court judges will have upheld the Court of Appeal’s guilty verdict only after considering all the evidence. Malaysia has an independent judiciary – with many rulings going against senior government figures – and the government does not have the power or authority to overrule the decisions of the courts. Anwar was convicted of a crime, and this was a criminal, not a political case.”

Perhaps Najib and his family should blame karma or divine retribution. What Najib did to Anwar and his family in 2008 has now come back to haunt him and his family – “Don’t do unto others what you don’t want done unto you”. But in this case, it wasn’t Anwar who sent him to prison. Najib simply had run out of luck. You do the crime, you do the time. - FT

 

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