YOURSAY | ‘Thank you, Channel 4 for raising the level of awareness in the UK on 1MDB.’
Negarawan: PM Najib Razak is trying to avoid the current eight-day parliamentary sitting by attending the Malaysia-UK Investor Showcase Agenda.
Apparently he is attending this conference in his private capacity, and not as a head of state. Even prior to Channel 4's report, UK Trade Minister Lord Price, Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond and Business Secretary Sajid Jarvid pulled out of the conference, where Najib was to deliver the keynote address.
This is indeed a clear sign that foreign governments are keeping a distance from Najib. Internationally, the name "Najib Razak" is now allegedly a symbol of massive graft.
The government and people of the UK must give a clear message that corrupt leaders and a dishonest government has no place in the international society.
The people of Malaysia would like to thank Channel 4 for raising the level of awareness in the UK about the alleged perpetrators behind 1MDB and the gross abuse of power by the Najib administration.
Oxymoronictendencies: On the subject of corruption, it is interesting to note that no one appears to be denying that RM42 million of SRC money has gone into Najib's personal bank account.
And even Najib himself seems to have acknowledged that the money was indeed in his personal account, albeit that the deposit had happened unbeknownst to him and that he had no idea how it got there.
Taking all that at face value, isn't it bizarre and remarkable that, almost four months after all this came to light, Najib has apparently made no attempt to return the money to SRC - money he mistakenly thought was part of a generous donation from a Saudi prince?
Surely on discovering that it was not part of this ‘donation’, any decent and honest person, especially one holding the highest public office in Malaysia, would have returned the money?
But no, after four months, it seems he has made no attempt to do so. Isn't that rather strange? Shouldn't SRC and Finance Ministry be asking for its return?
Apparently, they are not. And you have to wonder why.
Not Convinced: And surely, the SRC staff who ‘mistakenly’ transferred the colossal sum of money to Najib should have been nabbed by now.
And if he has fled overseas, the inspector-general of police, who was so trigger-happy in issuing an Interpol red notice against Sarawak Report’s Clare Rewcastle-Brown, should have done that already against this SRC individual.
Why the sloth-like reaction to this issue?
Kingfisher: A strong belief to possibilities of only honourable actions in trade and commercial relations between states in present times is naïve, if not foolhardy.
A little demigod in his own right in a faraway palace who has favourable deals in trade is often indulged and this is quite the norm.
Why bother about governance standards when it has no negative bearing on your own domestic circumstance?
The Brits have their strength of convictions, having ruled many beyond their island state. One lowers one’s standards and diminishes one’s heritage.
Bamboo: Money overrides everything, including principles for democracy, human rights, etc.
With Najib's absolute power and near dictatorship, and with more evidence revealed by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and other publications and investigations carried by authorities in multiple countries, with prosecution by the Singapore authorities on 1MDB-related money flow, and blatant abuses against opposition politicians during the recently concluded Sarawak state elections, and Whitehall can still fete Najib, this shows the hypocrisy of UK government.
Shame on you, David Cameron.
Anonymous 122461436161429: Najib was not feted in London. The event he attended was organised by a private businessman, Lord Marland.
The British trade minister, foreign secretary and business secretary all snubbed Najib and did not attend the event as they were supposed to, nor did they meet Najib.
He will go down in history as having smeared the name of Malaysia.
The Citizen: You see only Malaysians think Najib has committed a crime, and only Malaysian traitors have gone to work with the foreign press and try to paint Malaysia as a bad country.
The Channel 4 journalist was trying to make a crime out of the fact that Najib had US$681 million in his account, which the British government spokesman said was not a crime.
Well, everyone has done their best and yet the rest of the world does not think Najib has committed any crime. Shame on you, traitors!
CQ Muar: The Citizen, we understand your agenda to defend Najib's "innocence". We also agree with the British government's official who stated that Najib is innocent until proven guilty.
But then, why must the rakyat of Malaysia keep pointing fingers at our prime minister unjustly? Besides, at least seven countries are currently investigating Najib for money laundering and hefty corruption amounting to billions.
If Najib is indeed free of malpractices and misdeeds, what is stopping him from suing these countries for casting aspersions on him?
Anonymous 2415891461978791: He is not only allegedly one of the biggest kleptocrats in history but surely the stupidest. He left an unmistakable trail of evidence leading to himself, his wife and his stepson.
Get some popcorn. There is a new development every week. -Mkini
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