UPDATED PKR will not bow to Defense Minister Zahid Hamidi's legal threat to sue but will instead embark on a nationwide tour of military camps to inform servicemen that their pension money was at threat from a questionable deal announced recently by Boustead Holdings Bhd.
"Keep telling the army servicemen that Boustead has nothing to do with the LTAT because that will surely ensure the Pakatan Rakyat of victory in GE13," PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli told a press conference on Wednesday.
He was referring to the growing debacle over a RM160mil deal announced by Boustead, which is 61%-owned by the Armed Forces Pension Fund (LTAT), in which it agreed to pay RM30mil to a firm controlled by controversial businessman Deepak Jaikishan and RM130mil to Raja Ropiaah, the Selangor Umno Women's chief.
The deal has been hit by scandal following revelations by Deepak, a former close friend of Prime Minister Najib Razak's wife Rosmah Mansor, that he had paid "millions" to Najib's family to secure the green light for a land privatization project from the Defense Ministry.
Najib lacking in moral courage?
"The prolonged silence from Najib is really not helpful. To let Zahid answer for him - if he is a leader of any moral courage - it is unbecoming that a subordinate has to answer on his behalf," slammed Rafizi.
Be neutral, speak up for the servicemen - Boustead directors told
"This is a question of governance. The directors are appointed by the Defense Ministry. They will say they are independent but have they put the interest of the stakeholders (the servicemen) first and those of the politicians last."
Nationwide tour
"Word will spread. Every month, a certain amount is deducted from their salary to go into LTAT. They won't take kindly to any abuse of their funds," said Rafizi.
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Malaysia Chronicle
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