Kedah MB demolishing temples to divert from his claim of ‘RM43t’ in mineral deposits, says DAP rep
Bagan Dalam assemblyman Satees Muniandy alleged that Kedah Mentri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor (pic) was being provocative on purpose as the latter wanted to draw attention from his claim this week that mineral deposits worth ‘RM43 trillion’ had been discovered in Kedah. — Bernama pic
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5 — Kedah Mentri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor was intentionally courting controversy with temple demolitions for which he told critics not to be drunk on “toddy of popularity”, Bagan Dalam assemblyman Satees Muniandy asserted today.
The state lawmaker in the neighbouring state of Penang alleged that Sanusi was being provocative on purpose as the latter wanted to draw attention from his claim this week that mineral deposits worth “RM43 trillion” had been discovered in Kedah.
“The demolition of non-Muslim houses of worship is among tactics of the PAS government in Kedah to divert public attention from its shortcomings,” Satees said in a statement.
“Isn’t it ironic, when the Kedah MB intentionally plays up this issue, including calling for MIC — a party within the Perikatan Nasional — to be banned when the public are laughing at him for claiming ‘Kedah has identified mineral deposits worth 43 trillion’.”
The discovery of “RM43 trillion” in mineral deposits within Malaysia would have been monumental given that the value of the entire Malaysian economy for 2019 was just RM1.5 trillion.
Such minerals would also have given Malaysia another crucial resource to exploit over the country’s approximately 3.7 billion barrels in proven oil reserves that were worth around RM1 trillion at current prices.
However, Sanusi’s office later clarified that the deposits were valued at RM62 billion.
Today, Satees noted that the demolition appeared to coincide with the controversy of Sanusi’s “RM43 trillion” claim, which he said has brought the competence of the Kedah government into question.
Satees went on to accuse Sanusi of targeting non-Muslim houses of worship to burnish his Islamist credentials, but said such efforts have only gone on to divide Malaysians by race and religion.
Previous Kedah government also did not appear to have issues with non-Muslim houses of worship in the state, according to the Penang assemblyman who pointed out that the matter only became a problem when under the current PAS government.
Among others, he said many of the houses of worship labelled as illegal by the Kedah administration were from before Merdeka, have existed for decades and built on land that has changed hands several times.
“This shows the PAS government in Kedah does not understand the background of the houses of worship, and only want to use these to play up racial sentiments for politics,” he added.
Satees went on to say that the failure of the central PAS leadership or Perikatan Nasional to reprimand Sanusi for his remarks demonstrated their lack of ability to effectively govern a multiracial electorate.
Yesterday, Sanusi posted a message on Facebook telling detractors from MIC and DAP not to criticise the demolition of a temple in Kedah that he also brushed off as a small matter.
He questioned why MIC and DAP did not similarly criticise the demolition of a silat ring near the temple.
“Let us not argue in the future simply because one is drunk on the toddy of popularity, and become race champions in the present,” Sanusi said in a Facebook post.
“Senior politicians such as they might as well not drink one bottle, but get drunk on two or three instead,” Sanusi said.
The choice of toddy, a palm wine, and silat in his remarks appeared to have racial overtones.
The state lawmaker in the neighbouring state of Penang alleged that Sanusi was being provocative on purpose as the latter wanted to draw attention from his claim this week that mineral deposits worth “RM43 trillion” had been discovered in Kedah.
“The demolition of non-Muslim houses of worship is among tactics of the PAS government in Kedah to divert public attention from its shortcomings,” Satees said in a statement.
“Isn’t it ironic, when the Kedah MB intentionally plays up this issue, including calling for MIC — a party within the Perikatan Nasional — to be banned when the public are laughing at him for claiming ‘Kedah has identified mineral deposits worth 43 trillion’.”
The discovery of “RM43 trillion” in mineral deposits within Malaysia would have been monumental given that the value of the entire Malaysian economy for 2019 was just RM1.5 trillion.
Such minerals would also have given Malaysia another crucial resource to exploit over the country’s approximately 3.7 billion barrels in proven oil reserves that were worth around RM1 trillion at current prices.
However, Sanusi’s office later clarified that the deposits were valued at RM62 billion.
Today, Satees noted that the demolition appeared to coincide with the controversy of Sanusi’s “RM43 trillion” claim, which he said has brought the competence of the Kedah government into question.
Satees went on to accuse Sanusi of targeting non-Muslim houses of worship to burnish his Islamist credentials, but said such efforts have only gone on to divide Malaysians by race and religion.
Previous Kedah government also did not appear to have issues with non-Muslim houses of worship in the state, according to the Penang assemblyman who pointed out that the matter only became a problem when under the current PAS government.
Among others, he said many of the houses of worship labelled as illegal by the Kedah administration were from before Merdeka, have existed for decades and built on land that has changed hands several times.
“This shows the PAS government in Kedah does not understand the background of the houses of worship, and only want to use these to play up racial sentiments for politics,” he added.
Satees went on to say that the failure of the central PAS leadership or Perikatan Nasional to reprimand Sanusi for his remarks demonstrated their lack of ability to effectively govern a multiracial electorate.
Yesterday, Sanusi posted a message on Facebook telling detractors from MIC and DAP not to criticise the demolition of a temple in Kedah that he also brushed off as a small matter.
He questioned why MIC and DAP did not similarly criticise the demolition of a silat ring near the temple.
“Let us not argue in the future simply because one is drunk on the toddy of popularity, and become race champions in the present,” Sanusi said in a Facebook post.
“Senior politicians such as they might as well not drink one bottle, but get drunk on two or three instead,” Sanusi said.
The choice of toddy, a palm wine, and silat in his remarks appeared to have racial overtones.
This PN gomen full of Bullyshit.
ReplyDeleteWhen Jibby as Proud as a Peacock claimed Bullyland would import USD2 trillion (RM9.4 trillion) from Malaysia, KT did not laugh....?
It took a Provisional Accountant cum Book-keeper to point out that trillion has 3 more zeroes than billion.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/lim-guan-eng-najib-claim-of-china-importing-goods-2-trillion-10420148
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Najib’s claim of China importing goods worth US$2 trillion untrue: Lim Guan Eng
11 Jun 2018
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia finance minister Lim Guan Eng on Monday (Jun 11) hit back at former prime minister Najib Razak's claim that China had committed to importing goods worth US$2 trillion as part of two pipeline agreements worth RM9.4 billion (US$2.36 billion).
“All officials asked have stated that these claims by Najib are untrue,” Mr Lim said in a statement....
...Najib wrote that “China had also committed to importing goods worth US$2 trillion over the next five years from Malaysia, invest up to US$150 billion in Malaysia and offer 10,000 places for training and studies in various institutes in China” as part of the pipeline deal.
“We have also discovered that for some reason, the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) projects and the SSER projects were always presented together in the same Cabinet paper by Abdul Rahman Dahlan, the then-minister in the Prime Minister’s Department for Cabinet approval,” Lim elaborated.
This, he said, raised red flags as the ECRL and the SSER projects were vastly different in nature and business, involving different companies, contractors and geography, even if they were financed by the same China EXIM Bank.
“Najib has deliberately refused to respond to the principal question of this RM9.4 billion scandal as to why payment of RM8.3 billion, which is equivalent to 88 per cent of the project value, was made even though only 13 per cent of progressive work had been completed.
“Why did he permit such disbursement to be made within the first year of a three-year contract?
"Eighty-eight per cent of the funds had been disbursed despite the Multi-Product Pipeline (MPP) and Trans-Sabah Gas Pipeline (TSGP) projects recording only 14.5 per cent and 11.4 per cent progress completion, respectively, as at the end of March 2018, or an average of 13 per cent,” Lim said, adding that the above completion rates have yet to be verified or audited.
“Worse, we have since discovered that SSER has failed to secure any rights from Petronas as required by law to lay the pipes for MPP, and has also failed to acquire the necessary land in Sabah to do the same for TSGP,” he said in the statement.
The MPP involved a 600km multi-product petroleum pipeline connecting Melaka and Port Dickson to Jitra, costing RM5.35 billion.
The TSGP involved the construction of a 662km gas pipeline from Kimanis Gas Terminal to Sandakan and Tawau, costing RM4.06 billion.
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we used to think umno is bad, now only know we r naive.
ReplyDeleteThe "drunk on toddy" attack on Indian politicians hit a bit too close to home.
ReplyDeleteMany Indian men have a difficult control relationship with ethanol....wakakaka..