Mahathir one of the causes of disunity, says DAP man
Mahathir Mohamad was the main driver of putting the elites first, says P Ramasamy of DAP.
PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad was accused today of being one of the factors for the existence of disunity in the country.
Perai state assemblyman P Ramasamy of DAP said Mahathir had been “singing an old tune” about prioritising the Malays as being in the country’s best interest.
“Mahathir continues to state the same thing repeatedly, but many people may have already grown tired of these statements,” he said in a Facebook post this evening.
He said that Mahathir was one of the main drivers of a system that put the Malay and Umno political elite at a great advantage, referring to the New Economic Policy and its aftermath that was under Mahathir’s stewardship.
“Malays are poor because their own elites want to remain in that situation (as the political elite) so they may continue to exploit the country’s resources using their positions,” he said, adding that he did not believe the Chinese and Indian communities wanted to seize the rights of the Malays.
Mahathir had said in a recent interview that special privileges of the Bumiputeras must be maintained as they cannot compete with the Chinese.
But Ramasamy, who is a deputy chief minister of Penang, said Mahathir cannot deny the reality that politicians and others linked with Umno “including his own family members” had acquired a lot of material advantages.
PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad was accused today of being one of the factors for the existence of disunity in the country.
Perai state assemblyman P Ramasamy of DAP said Mahathir had been “singing an old tune” about prioritising the Malays as being in the country’s best interest.
“Mahathir continues to state the same thing repeatedly, but many people may have already grown tired of these statements,” he said in a Facebook post this evening.
He said that Mahathir was one of the main drivers of a system that put the Malay and Umno political elite at a great advantage, referring to the New Economic Policy and its aftermath that was under Mahathir’s stewardship.
“Malays are poor because their own elites want to remain in that situation (as the political elite) so they may continue to exploit the country’s resources using their positions,” he said, adding that he did not believe the Chinese and Indian communities wanted to seize the rights of the Malays.
Mahathir had said in a recent interview that special privileges of the Bumiputeras must be maintained as they cannot compete with the Chinese.
But Ramasamy, who is a deputy chief minister of Penang, said Mahathir cannot deny the reality that politicians and others linked with Umno “including his own family members” had acquired a lot of material advantages.
Can Mahathir explain his son Mokhzani’s lavish lifestyle? Aren’t all these luxury cars been bought with taxpayers money?
Mokhzani Mahathir
Bentley Flying Spur
RM 1,800,000.00
Jaguar F-Type
RM 1,100,000.00
McLaren 650S
RM 2,400,000.00
McLaren MP4
RM 2,400,000.00
McLaren P1
RM 13,450,000.00
Mercedes SLS AMG
RM 2,530,000.00
Mercedes A45 AMG
RM 340,000.00
Mercedes S63L AMG
RM 1,600,000.00
Vellfire DBA-GGH20W
RM 340,000.00
BMW M6 Grand Coupe
RM 988,000.00
Porche 911 GT2 (2008)
RM 1,470,000.00
Porche Turbo S (2010)
RM 1,400,000.00
Porche Turbo S (2013)
RM 1,400,000.00
Porche 918 Spyder
RM 9,300,000.00
Ferrari F12 Berlinetta
RM 1,290,000.00
Ferrari 599 GTO
RM 4,860,000.00
Ferrari 458 Special
RM 2,650,000.00
Lamborghini Aventador
RM 3,500,000.00
The reality is that it is the Malays who exploit other Malays, but continue pushing the blame to other people to avoid any push-back that would threaten their status-quo.
Mahathir’s comments on Bumiputera-first policies came after a finance ministry announcement that a 51% Bumiputera ownership requirement for freight forwarding companies will be enforced next December.
Mahathir’s comments on Bumiputera-first policies came after a finance ministry announcement that a 51% Bumiputera ownership requirement for freight forwarding companies will be enforced next December.
Dr Ramasamy is wrong. Mahathir is the MAIN cause of our disunity.
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ReplyDeleteThe List: Handbags, watches, and petty cash from Wednesday’s raid on Najib’s house
Friday, 18 May 2018
By Loghun Kumaran
PETALING JAYA, May 18 — Here is the total list of items confiscated in the first raid on the private home of toppled prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak in Taman Duta on May 16.
Fifteen Chanel boxes containing handbags, found in the home's surau (prayer room):
1. Two boxes containing fatigue green handbags
2. Two boxes containing pink handbags
3. One box containing a light fatigue green handbag
4. One box containing a royal blue handbag
5. One box containing a blue handbag
6. One box containing a beige handbag
7. One box containing a white handbag
8. One box containing a red handbag
9. One box containing a light green handbag
10. One box containing a fuchsia pink handbag
11. One box containing a maroon handbag
Thirty-five handbags found in the home's storeroom:
1. Four black Versace handbags
2. A purple, green and blue Versace handbag
3. A gold Versace handbag
4. A pink embroidery Versace handbag
5. A blue and purple Versace handbag
6. A blue velvet Gucci handbag
7. A green leather Gucci handbag
8. A white navy red/flower embroidery Gucci hand bag
9. A red leather Gucci handbag
10. A pink and white Gucci handbag
11. Two black Gucci handbags
12. A red Gucci handbag
13. A light beige Gucci handbag
14. A green Gucci handbag
15. A peach satin Oscar De La Renta handbag
16. A blue purple snakeskin Oscar De La Renta handbag
17. A peach pink snakeskin Oscar De La Renta handbag
18. An orange snakeskin Oscar De La Renta handbag
19. A yellow snakeskin Oscar De La Renta handbag
20. A brown and beige Prada handbag
21. A green Prada handbag
22. An orange Michael Kors handbag
23. A black Valentino handbag
24. A black Dolce Gabbana handbag
25. A black Piana Clerico handbag
26. An off-white shining Louis Vuitton handbag
27. A blue crocodile-skin Louis Vuitton handbag
28. A fuchsia pink with red Louis Vuitton handbag
29. A light peach and brown with red Louis Vuitton handbag
30. A purple crocodile-skin Loewe handbag
31. A red Chanel handbag
The list of luxury watches found in the bedroom of one of Najib's children:
1. A silver Rolex Oyster Perpetual Day Date with a black face
2. A leather Rolex Oyster Perpetual Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified Cosmograph.
3. A black Rolex Sky — Oweller Oyster Perpetual Superlative Chronometer
4. A silver Rolex Cosmograph Daytona
5. A silver Rolex Cosmograph
6. A silver Rolex Oyster Cosmograph
7. A brown Patek Philippe Geneve
8. A black Richard Mille
9. A silver Rolex Oyster Perpetual Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified Cosmograph
10. A blue Hublot
The hard cash found in the same bedroom:
1. A total of RM537,000 in ringgit
2. A total of £2,700 in pounds sterling
3. A total of 2.87 million in Sri Lankan rupees
In addition, two Roberto Cavalli bags were also found in a wardrobe storeroom on the first floor of Najib's mansion.
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ReplyDeleteMalaysian police seize 284 luxury bags, 72 bags of cash and valuables from Najib-linked apartments.
Trinna Leong
Malaysia Correspondent
MAY 18, 2018
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian police on Thursday (May 17) night raided three apartments in a posh Kuala Lumpur condominium owned by former prime minister Najib Razak’s family, carting away 284 boxes containing luxury handbags and 72 bags filled with jewellery, cash of various denominations, watches and other valuables.
Mr Amar Singh, director of police commercial crime investigations, said the police have searched six premises since Wednesday - the Prime Minister’s Office, Mr Najib’s residence in Taman Duta and four other residences linked to him.
At one of these residences, Pavilion Residences, the police took what was likely to be their biggest haul, loading five police trucks with hundreds of orange boxes containing Hermes Birkin bags. Astro Awani reported that a police officer emerged from the condominium with a money counting machine.
Mr Singh, who spoke to reporters outside the condominium early Friday (May 18) morning after the raid, said the apartments belonged to a “Tan Sri”, but declined to say more.
“The total sum worth of items cannot be ascertained now,” said Mr Singh. “We’ll be counting and will know by tomorrow.” He said: “The number of jewellery is rather big.”
Many of the orange boxes were labelled with pictures of different Birkin bags, with descriptions such as “Brown Ostrich”.
Madam Rosmah Mansor, Datuk Seri Najib’s wife, is known for her penchant for Birkin bags. Each bag costs anywhere between US$12,000 (S$16,105) and US$300,000. She caused a stir when it was reported that she bought a US$200,000 crocodile Birkin bag in 2015. Her aide denied it.
On Saturday, members of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) youth wing filed a police report, claiming that they received video evidence showing an alleged attempt to “hide” at least 50 Birkin bags that could have belonged to Madam Rosmah. The video supposedly showed the bags being moved to Pavilion Residences in a Prime Minister’s Department van.
On Friday (May 18) the crime investigation team lodged a report of the items seized from the Taman Duta mansion, which included over 50 luxury handbags from brands like Chanel, Gucci and Prada. Amongst the haul were ten luxury watches including several Rolexes and a Patek Philippe, as well as RM537,000 (S$181,000) and 2.87 million Sri Lankan rupees (S$24,400) in cash.
The police said the items were seized as the team had reasonable grounds to suspect they were the subject matter of a crime or crimes under Malaysia’s Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001.
Mr Singh said early Friday morning that the police are still working on opening a safe in that house.
Mr Najib’s lawyer, Datuk Harpal Singh, said the police took action to drill through the safe as the key had been misplaced, and the safe had not been opened in two decades.
The raids were conducted as part of an investigation into the scandal-plagued state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
Mr Najib and his wife have been tied to the country’s most high-profile financial scandal. The US Department of Justice, in its probe, found that Ms Rosmah had purchased a pink diamond worth US$23 million with 1MDB funds.
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