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Panjang luahan Tun Mahathir dalam chedet sekembalinya beliau dari Jepun. Sekali lagi Tun mengingatkan rakyat akan isu 1MDB. Tanpa jemu, Tun menulis secara ringkas isu2 mengenai 1MDB yang sekian lama ditimbulkan tanpa mendapat penjelasan yang tepat dari pihak Najib maupun 1MDB.
Seperti tidak pernah mahu belajar dari kesilapan, pihak 1MDB dengan bodoh sombongnya menepis artikel chedet begitu saja sambil menyifatkannya sebagai tuduhan2 liar yang dikitar semula. Kononnya semua persoalan2 yang ditimbulkan oleh Tun dan rakyat itu sudah mereka jawab berulangkali.
Jika sudah dijawab, kenapa masih ramai yang tidak puashati dan terus bertanya ? Apakah tidak masuk dalam kepala mereka kemungkinan jawapan2 mereka tersasar ? Kenapa tidak diadakan pertemuan dua hala dengan Tun dan pihak media bagi menyelesaikan kemelut ini, once and for all ?
Adakah 1MDB anggap sebagai buang masa bertemu dengan rakyat dalam sesi soal jawab ?
Apakah pihak kerajaan dan 1MDB tidak pernah buat kajian akan sentimen rakyat dan tahap penerimaan rakyat akan jawapan2 yang diberikan ?
Selagi 1MDB menjawab cara SEHALA, yakni asal jawab tanpa menghiraukan apakah jawapan itu menepati kehendak rakyat, selagi itulah kemelut 1MDB akan berpanjangan. Nasihat atau arahan dari para Menteri supaya jangan bercakap tentang 1MDB ditolak mentah2 oleh rakyat.
Pihak kerajaan dan 1MDB seperti tidak sedar terdapat Communication Breakdown antara kerajaan dan rakyat.
Secara peribadi, saya lihat usaha kerajaan dan 1MDB adalah lebih kepada memaksa rakyat menerima jawapan yang mereka berikan tanpa memberi peluang langsung untuk rakyat mendapatkan sebarang kepastian atau tanpa beri peluang kepada rakyat untuk bertanya. Ini jawapan kami dan rakyat mesti terima. Siapa yang soal balik adalah pembangkang atau pengkhianat !
Oya, paling banyak dicopy oleh media dari artikel #1825 chedet kali ini adalah perenggan 24 - This claim that Arabs donated billions is what people describe as hogwash or bullshit di mana Tun Mahathir dengan JELAS mengatakan alasan deposit RM2.6 billion Najib itu adalah Derma, sebagai Tahi Kerbau / Bullshit / Kelentong / Tipu ! Hahahaha ....
Satu alasan bengong yang diberikan oleh pemimpin kerajaan yang dipaksa sumbat ke dalam kerongkong rakyat tanpa memperdulikan apakah rakyat menerimanya atau tidak. Seperti biasa - Siapa yang soal balik adalah pembangkang atau pengkhianat.
Apakah mereka tidak sedar yang rakyat mentertawakan alasan Derma itu ? Bukan saja rakyat Malaysia malah satu dunia pun susah nak terima alasan bodoh itu dan ketika ini menjadi bahan lawak antarabangsa.
Kebetulan blog ini ada buat satu bancian 3 hari yang baru selesai dan 97% dari 1102 responden menyatakan mereka TIDAK PERCAYA alasan Derma itu.
Saya cabar pro Najib atau pihak kerajaan untuk mengadakan bancian serupa kalau benar mereka yakin rakyat sebegitu bodoh untuk terima alasan Derma itu.
Bukan saja terlalu sukar untuk terima alasan ada individu Arab yang begitu kaya dan murah hati mahu menderma RM2.6 billion, cara derma itu diberikan dan tujuan derma itu juga melawakkan !
Gaya hidup mewah keluarga Najib Rosmah yang jauh melangkaui pendapatan Najib sebagai PM juga tidak membantu menyakinkan rakyat. Itu pun masih belum dijawab. Juga alasan bengong diberikan konon kekayaan itu datang dari harta pusaka tanpa sebarang penjelasan lanjut.
Bengong macamana sekalipun kerajaan tetap mahu rakyat terima seadanya - Siapa yang soal balik adalah pembangkang atau pengkhianat.
Apa dah jadi kepada Task Force atau Pasukan Petugas Khas yang ditubuhkan bagi menyiasat deposit RM2.6 billion itu ? Katanya sudah dibubarkan...... KENAPA ?
Ini satu lagi tindakan bengong pihak kerajaan yang seolah memperbodohkan rakyat. Waktu ditubuhkan, Najib sendiri minta rakyat sabar menunggu hasil siasatan Task Force. Konon itu sebagai BUKTI yang bakal menyerlahkan Kebenaran disebalik dakwaan WSJ tentang RM2.6 billion.
Alih2 Task Force itu sendiri disiasat dan dibubarkan ..... ???? Apa hal ?
Cara kerajaan - Tak perlu siasat dah. Kerajaan dah bagi penjelasan. Ia adalah Derma. Najib kata Kes Selesai. Siapa yang soal balik adalah pembangkang atau pengkhianat.
Itulah dia cara kerajaan Najib ketika ini. Bodoh Sombong ! Dan sentiasa mencari kambing hitam untuk dipersalahkan. Kali ini askar2 media sosial pro Umno yang dipersalahkan kerana gagal melawan persepsi negatif rakyat dalam isu2 di atas.
Masalahnya adalah Najib dan kerajaan sendiri yang gagal menjawab segala isu2 yang Najib sendiri mulakan ! Sibertrooper bergantung kepada maklumat yang diberikan tapi kalau mereka sendiri sukar untuk terima maklumat2 itu, bagaimana mungkin mereka mampu pertahankan isu2 berkenaan.
Walau kesemua 3 juta ahli Umno jadi sibertrooper mempertahankan tindakan2 Najib tapi jika terus dibekalkan peluru2 rosak yang meletup di muka sendiri, keadaan tidak akan berubah.
Bagi menutup kelemahan itu, makanya kita dapat baca makian, katahamun dan usaha2 alih isu dari para sibertrooper Umno yang hanya tambah merosakkan kredibiliti Najib dan Umno.
Mereka yang atas pagar memang dah gerenti fed-up mendengar alasan2 bodoh dari pihak Najib dan kerajaan. Sekarang ahli2 Umno sendiri dah mula menunjukkan protes. Komponen2 BN lain pula ......... playsafe. Ada dengar mana2 rakan Umno yang ikut sama mendendangkan lagu Derma ?
Macam ini nak menghadapi PRU14 ? Hancur.......
Selagi kerajaan Najib menggunakan pendekatan - Siapa yang soal balik adalah pembangkang atau pengkhianat, mereka hanya menambahkan bilangan undi protes.
PS - Panjang la pulak ..... Ingat nak komen isu 1MDB yang ditulis dalam chedet.... lain kali lah.Malaysia1. I used to enjoy being asked about Malaysia when I am abroad. But not now.
2. The foreigners and Malaysians living abroad ask, “What is happening
to Malaysia?”
3. “It seems to be like one of those African or Arab countries.”
4. “It is totally corrupt. The currency has depreciated”.
Etc. Etc.
5. I cannot answer truthfully. I cannot lie either. It is embarrassing. And all this is because of the 1MDB and Najib.
6. I began to feel there was something wrong with the 1MDB when The Edge published that it had bought power plants above market price and borrowed money paying commissions of 10% and interest rate of 5.9%.
7. I waited for the Government to deny that what was published by The Edge was correct. The Government did not. Then I know there was something very wrong.
8. Subsequently came the stories about a JV with Petrosaudi. It was too quick. Obviously no due diligence was done. Yet 1MDB paid 1 billion U.S. (3.8billion Ringgit) for its 40% share.
9. Then 1MDB paid another US 700 million to settle debts incurred by Petro-Saudi to Petro Saudi International. Why should 1MDB pay. The JV should pay.
10. But within 6 months of setting up the JV, it was dissolved. Had a good due diligence been done, this JV would not have been set up. Clearly it was not a viable proposition!
11. The 1.7 billion US should now be returned to 1MDB. But No! It was converted into a loan (Murabahah) to Petrosaudi. This is extremely unusual. If you could not work with Petrosaudi as a JV partner how could you give it such a huge loan.
12. Then the money seems to have disappeared. It was previously reported to be deposited in banks in Hong Kong and Seychelles, invested in something or other and was supposed to end up in the Cayman Islands.
13. Concerned Malaysians demanded that the money be returned to Malaysia. An announcement was made that a portion had been returned to Malaysia but was used to pay debts and other expenses. Malaysia wanted more information especially as a 2 billion Ringgit interest on loans could not be paid. 1MDB just had no money. So where is the money from the Caymans. Why should Ananda Krishnan offer 2 billion Ringgit to help pay the interest. Government had to provide a stand-by loan of RM900 million.
14. Things did not look right. Then 1MDB announced that the rest of the money from Cayman Islands had been received in cash. Arul, the CEO, claimed he saw the money. The PM said the money was deposited in a Singapore Bank. It was not brought back to Malaysia because Bank Negara would ask too many questions.
15. That seems to be an admission that something was not right with the money.
16. But Singapore is a financial centre. As such it must be even more careful that money brought in and deposited in its banks should be investigated, especially if the sum is large, running into billions.
17. And sure enough the Monetary Authority of Singapore stated publicly that no 1MDB Malaysian money came into the country. The Swiss Bank which was named as the bank where the money was deposited denied 1MDB had deposited money with it.
18. So where were the billions of Ringgits or Dollars that 1MDB claimed it had brought back from the Caymans. Arul Kandasamy had openly claimed he saw the money.
19. Now the PM declared that it was not money. It was units. The bank where it was deposited was not named.
20. What units were these. Not units in Unit Trust Funds certainly. No explanation is forth coming. The billions of dollars have again disappeared.
21. Then the Wall Street Journal reported that Dato Sri Najib has USD700 million in his account in the Arab Malaysian Bank in Kuala Lumpur. That is about 2.6 billion Ringgit. How did this huge sum of money get into Najib’s Private Account. Where did the money come from!! How can the PM of Malaysia whose pay is only RM20,000 per month have so much money in his private account?
22. Unable to deny the Wall Street Journal report which included the account number and other details, Najib claimed that it was a donation.
23. Who in the world would donate USD700 million to the Malaysian Prime Minister? Even Obama could not raise this amount for his Presidential bid. It was suggested it was an Arab.
24. Arabs are generous, but not that generous. I could not raise even a single dollar from them for the Malaysian International Islamic University or for the Oxford Islamic Centre. This claim that Arabs donated billions is what people describe as hogwash or bullshit. Certainly I don’t believe it and neither can the majority of Malaysians if we go by the comments on the social media. The world had a good laugh.25. When asked, the PM said wait for the report on 1MDB by the Auditor–General and the Public Accounts Committee.
26. To the UMNO divisional leaders and assorted bedfellows the PM in close-door meetings, claimed the billions were for the elections.
27. The 2 billion Ringgit plus for elections is absurd. I needed less than 10 million for each of the five elections I presided over and I won them all with more than 2/3 majority. Why do you need 2.6 billion plus or 2600 million Ringgit. Is it to bribe politicians and civil servants, or to rig the elections. That would not be right , much less legal.
28. Whatever, to me 2 billion plus for elections in Malaysia by any party is wrong even if no limit is put on election expenses.
29. Then there is this lavish life-style which no Malaysian Prime Minister would be able to afford on the RM20,000 per month he receives. Engagement and weddings lavishness far surpassed those of the Rulers even. Several ceremonies were held in Malaysia and also in Kazakhstan. Guests were loaded with gifts from the host. Clearly millions, tens of millions were spent, far beyond what a Malaysian PM can afford.
30. Then there is the son’s investment of hundreds of millions in producing the film The Wolf of Wall Street. It is so pornographic that it cannot be shown in Malaysia. Where did the money come from!
31. The shopping in London, Paris and elsewhere is known to be enormous.
32. Clearly the PM and his wife have more money than the salaries and allowances paid to the PM.
33. After the Wall Street Journal reported on Najib’s 2.6 billion Ringgit in his private account, it was closed. You cannot take all that money to keep with you. It had to be transferred. Apparently it was transferred to a Singapore bank. Then the Singapore authorities froze it.
34. Public clamour about the origin of the money in Najib’s account was so loud that a task force comprising the head of four government institutions was set up. The Attorney General headed this task force and the members were the IGP, the Head of Bank Negara and the Head of MACC, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.
35. Najib was clearly uncomfortable with the investigations carried out by the task force. The members seemed to be too independent. Najib could not control them. The task force was apparently determined to seek the truth about the 1MDB and the 2.6 billion Ringgit in Najib’s account. Najib’s claim that it was a donation was not convincing.
36. Then Najib decided to take action to stop all the investigations on 1MDB and his private account.
37. First he announced that people should stop talking about 1MDB. It was not just a hint but an open statement that such talk would be regarded as undermining democracy and an attempt to overthrow an elected leader. This would attract police attention and investigation.
38. Immediately following that the A.G. was sacked. In Malaysia’s legal system the A.G. determines whether a case would be heard in a court or not. The A.G. who seemed to be heading the task force would be in a position to take to the courts if there was evidence of criminality in Najib’s possession of the billions in his account.
39. The A.G’s removal means that he could no longer make any decision over the unprecedented wealth of Najib. A judge was made A.G. and clearly he is not interested in the task force and its investigations. He seemed determined to clear Najib.
40. Then the DPM was dismissed and replaced by the Minister of Home Affairs who unlike Muhyiddin, had never questioned Najib about 1MDB.
41. In the cabinet reshuffle four members of the Public Accounts Committee including its chairman were made deputy ministers. Effectively, the PAC was paralysed and the work of investigating 1MDB stopped.
42. Then the chief and deputy chief of MACC, a member of the task force of four were asked to go on leave. When some members of the staff of MACC continued their investigations and wanted to query Najib on the source of the money in his account, they were harassed by the police who accused them of leaking information. Then they were transferred to the PM’s department. That shut them up.
43. The Governor of the Central Bank, a member of the four-strong Task Force is now rumoured to be investigated for corruption.
44. With the PAC, and the Task Force paralysed and the A.G. sacked, investigation work on the 1MDB and the 2.6 billion in Najib’s private account grounds to a complete halt.
45. Najib is now safe from being charged with illegally amassing funds. His claim that it is to be used for the coming elections is half-true. He had always said that cash is king. With the huge funds at his disposal he would be in a position to bribe his way to victory. He may also use the money to rig the election.
46. What Najib is doing is unprecedented in Malaysia. The people are at a loss as to what to do. The prospect of Najib continuing to rule this country is utterly depressing. The Malaysia where elections can even see opposition parties winning whole states will be no more.
47. Democracy is dead. It is dead because an elected leader chooses to subvert the institutions of Government and make them his instruments for sustaining himself. There is no more democracy for anyone to undermine. Certainly talking about 1MDB will not undermine something that no longer exist. If anyone should be questioned by the police, it is Najib.