Mahathir's 2nd Destruction of UMNO

FMT - Clear message to jump ship during meeting with Dr M, says Zahid (extracts):

KUALA LUMPUR: Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today admitted that he and other senior party leaders had met with Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Zahid said at the meeting, the message was clear.

“The message is very loud and clear that we must jump ship and join PPBM.

“We must dissolve Umno,” he said after delivering the keynote address at the 72nd MIC general assembly at Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC).

Zahid said also present at the meeting was his deputy and Umno’s vice-presidents.

He was responding to questions by reporters on whether he had been personally asked by Mahathir to jump ship.

Zahid, however, refused to elaborate further on the meeting with Mahathir.

Previously, it was reported that Mahathir had welcomed Umno members who wanted to join PPBM.

[kaytee note: FMT published PH won’t accept Umno members, says Dr M on 16 may 2018 whilst Bernama published PH will not accept UMNO - Dr Mahathir on 14 September 2018]

[Was that to prevent PKR getting UMNO frogs first?]

[two taxi sapu's in competition? wakakaka]

Zahid also refused to comment on Umno veteran Mustapa Mohamad, better known as Tok Pa, who officially submitted his membership application form to join PPBM to Mahathir, who is the party’s chairman, last night.

“Who is Tok Pa? I don’t know who’s that,” was his response when pressed by the media.

Earlier in his speech, Zahid, who is facing 45 charges related to criminal breach of trust, money laundering and corruption involving more than RM100 million, said he was sure he would not have been charged had he decided to jump ship together with the other Umno leaders who had done so.

He claimed that he was slapped with so many charges because he had refused to jump ship and dissolve Umno and BN.

“I have never seen anyone being slapped with 45 charges. It is a new record in the country and I must congratulate myself.

“I will never jump ship and dissolve Umno and BN. I have to stand firm on this.

Not surprised though it makes it more clear why Lim Kit Siang has been constantly harassing UMNO in particular, despite the old Malay party already losing badly in GE14.

And by bizarre stark contrast Lim Kit Siang keeps mum on far more important national issues such as untimely and unnecessary deaths as results of Penang landslides, alcoholic poisoning etc etc etc.

And less than a week ago, Mahathir was reported by the Star of flabbergastingly saying that Zahid:

... must show proof that he has not done anything wrong, says Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pic), who insists that the case is not politically-motivated.

“Show proof if he did not do anything wrong, if the 45 charges are made up. If he shows that he did not steal any money and that people were the ones that gave him the money, then show proof and the documents.

I was under the presumption, incorrectly as it seems, that our Malaysian laws work on the principle of a man being innocent until proven guilty.

Also a reminder that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 11, states: "Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence."

It seems now, under the rule again of the Father of Ops Lalang it shall be the other way, to wit, that Zahid is guilty until he (Zahid) can prove himself to be innocent.

While UMNO leaders haven't been angels since 1981, it makes it clearer and clearer each day that the current persecutions (not just mere prosecutions) of UMNO leaders are beyond mere justice, unless of course like Mustapa Mohamad (Tok Pa) they kuai-kuai jump from UMNO to Pribumi (to be canonised).

I am so grateful to Tun for accepting my application to Pribumi for membership 

Hell hath no fury like a Father scorned.

Yessir, no one fCks around with (or neglect-ignore) Maddy's kids.