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Do you recall in 1998, two decades ago, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was UMNO Youth Chief and the ally of then DPM Anwar Ibrahim.
Ahmad Zahid was then touted as Anwar's vanguard to oust Dr Mahathir from the PM position well ahead of schedule (ie. Mahathir's planned and then-abandoned plan to retire, as is happening now, wakakaka).
The Anwar faction's tactic then was to voice allegations of Mahathir’s cronyism and nepotism. On June 1998, The New York Times ( NYT ) reported in its World Business page:
In what was seen as a jab at Mr Mahathir’s 17-year leadership, the head of Umno’s youth wing, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, had called for an end to cronyism and nepotism during a speech to delegates.
“Why were big loans to big businessmen approved so easily when small guys had to wait so long to get a loan of RM50,000?” (US$12,500) Mr Ahmad Zahid asked.
The NYT also reported that the PM (Mahathir then) responded to Zahid’s allegation the next day by posting hundreds of names of people who have won government projects in recent years, a list which included his accuser, Zahid.
Though Mahathir failed to answer Ahmad Zahid's accusations, his Blitzkrieg-style counter-attack was sufficient to silent the young upstart.
Subsequently, Zahid’s superior survival skills [wakakaka] had him confessing that Anwar was the person who instructed him to attack Dr Mahathir with allegations of cronyism and nepotism.
The New Straits Times (June 19, 1999) informed us that Zahid finished his confessional by apologising to the then PM, and with a flamboyant flourish, acknowledged Dr Mahathir’s rebuke of him as a father-to-son advice.
Father to son advice. Wakakaka.
Ahmad Zahid was then touted as Anwar's vanguard to oust Dr Mahathir from the PM position well ahead of schedule (ie. Mahathir's planned and then-abandoned plan to retire, as is happening now, wakakaka).
The Anwar faction's tactic then was to voice allegations of Mahathir’s cronyism and nepotism. On June 1998, The New York Times ( NYT ) reported in its World Business page:
In what was seen as a jab at Mr Mahathir’s 17-year leadership, the head of Umno’s youth wing, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, had called for an end to cronyism and nepotism during a speech to delegates.
“Why were big loans to big businessmen approved so easily when small guys had to wait so long to get a loan of RM50,000?” (US$12,500) Mr Ahmad Zahid asked.
The NYT also reported that the PM (Mahathir then) responded to Zahid’s allegation the next day by posting hundreds of names of people who have won government projects in recent years, a list which included his accuser, Zahid.
Though Mahathir failed to answer Ahmad Zahid's accusations, his Blitzkrieg-style counter-attack was sufficient to silent the young upstart.
Subsequently, Zahid’s superior survival skills [wakakaka] had him confessing that Anwar was the person who instructed him to attack Dr Mahathir with allegations of cronyism and nepotism.
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The New Straits Times (June 19, 1999) informed us that Zahid finished his confessional by apologising to the then PM, and with a flamboyant flourish, acknowledged Dr Mahathir’s rebuke of him as a father-to-son advice.
Father to son advice. Wakakaka.
Well, today in the MM Online, naughty Ahmad Zahid said something extremely cruel to his previously claimed 'father', as in: His name was Mahathir, son of Iskandar Kutty.
This was the 'kitchen sink' he threw at Mahathir, alleging quoting the National Registration Department (NRD) that Mahathir's original blue IC (Identity Card) bore the former PM's original name of Mahathir a/l Iskandar Kutty.
Ahmad Zahid obviously wants to point out to UMNO that Mahathir is the son of an Indian Muslim and not a Melayu.
The NRD standard abbreviation of 'a/l' or 'anak lelaki kepada' (son of) is a patronymic prefix generally assigned to Malaysian Indian Muslims.
If Mahathir were to be a Malay man, his name would be Mahathir Mohamad bin Iskandar where 'bin' (son of) is reserved for Malay males.
By the by, did Mahathir on becoming the powerful PM which he was for 22 years, change his IC name to remove the a/l Iskandar Kutty?
Well, I have to at least commend Ridhuan Tee bin Abdullah for asserting he is still a Chinese because Allah swt made him one, and it has to be said too he still retains his Chinese surname of Tee.
MM Online reported Ahmad Zahid as accusing ... Mahathir of only championing Malays in order to use the community for his personal goals, and of abandoning Umno after milking it dry of all benefit.
I know that dirty tricks campaign is normal in Malaysia but this barb would have hurt Mahathir kau kau.
Once Mahathir (on stage) confessed rather openly in his moment of distress that he had worked damn hard to be a Malay. I think he has been rather sensitive and embarrassed about his Indian (Kerala) past.
Thus Ahmad Zahid's derisive dirty dig at Mahathir's Indian ancestry would have been like a spiking striking stake into the Old Man's heart, and we are NOT talking about vampires. Oh, are we? Wakakaka.
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But my preamble reminds us of Ahmad Zahid's 1999's 'father-to-son advice' so does that make Ahmad Zahid also an anak-lelaki kepada (a/l) Hamidi or if you like, a/l Mahathir? Wakakaka.
Well, many have been complaining that there are too many chiefs and no Indian in Pakatan Harapan.
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This post refutes that silly notion, showing at least two Indians where one of them is also the Chairman of the PH coalition and the other his non-PH but BN 'son', wakakaka.
Nowadays,politicians have many present and former political masters.But one thing about Dr Mahathir,after he left the PM'ship,although reluctantly,he had always been his own man.He will not let any politician,even in the new coalition boss him around.And know what,politicians from both sides of the divide are still scared of the old man.
ReplyDeleteOne only needs to ask Zahid.Face to face,staring straight at Mahathirs eyes,Zahid will wet his pants,muddling the floor,even if he was ready for the encounter and wearing diapers.
bruno matey, I continue to enjoy your "colourful" words and expressions, wakakaka
Delete"...commend Ridhuan Tee bin Abdullah for asserting he is still a Chinese because Allah swt made him one, and it has to be said too he still retains his Chinese surname of Tee."
ReplyDeleteYeah yeah, still Chinese with a surname like Tee but unfortunately now, an illegitimate child but still Muslim.
Karma at work, but in very highly mysterious ways.
It depends on who has the last laugh!
RTA has been, in Chinese Malaysian eyes, a man who claims to be a Chinese yet has been treacherous and vile to his own ethnic group. He is despised by Chinese Malaysians and I bet, not fully accepted by Malays, thus in a way you are right, that RTA is an 'illegitimate" child of our society who does NOT belong at all
DeleteIt is well known in Internet circles that Mahathir's birth name was Mahathir s/o Iskandar Kutty. When he went to Singapore to study medicine , the university authorities categorised him as an "Indian" and assigned him an Indian hostel roommate.
ReplyDeleteI once had an interesting conversation with the person who was Mahathir's room mate at the King Edward VII College of Medicine - his name was Dr. Selva, and he has long passed away - Mahathir has outlived almost all of his contemporaries. Apparently Mahathir was very "Indian" culturally in those days. He would have blended in perfectly at an MIC meeting.
He worked hard at being a Malay for the rest of his life.
Mahathir has done more than any other living person to further the Malay agenda, regardless of the morality of his actions. A lot of core older generation UMNO supporters know that, so attacking Mahathir in person has doubtful usefulness.
For Zahid and UMNO, bringing out the ICBM to attack Mahathir is a sign of weakness, a sign of desperation, not of strength.
but what about middle-age and younger conservative Malays who form the bulk of the Heartland votes, especially in the current climate of heightened ethnic divisive awareness?
Deletethat has been why Ahmad Zahid has accused ... Mahathir of only championing Malays in order to use the community for his personal goals, and of abandoning Umno after milking it dry of all benefit.
Re your For Zahid and UMNO, bringing out the ICBM to attack Mahathir is a sign of weakness, a sign of desperation, not of strength, it's not necessarily so. Mahathir is a political opponent of some considerable significance and influence, thus he must be destroyed in the same way the DAP is being continuously attacked by UMNO every which way. Najib wants to win and in this climate of political uncertainty, given his general unpopularity, he works to win with all available weapons in hand. It's dirty but then there is the saying 'All fair's in love and war'.
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