K KANGSAR POLLS For the third consecutive day, PKR secretary-general Rafizi Ramli continued his exposé on Rosmah Mansor using a private jet for a trip to Istanbul.
He revealed a two-minute video that purportedly shows Rosmah boarding the plane owned by Emirates Airline (Emirates), while her officers are carrying bags into the aircraft.
Speaking to reporters in Kuala Kangsar, Rafizi questioned the number of officers who accompanied Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's wife on the trip and on the contents of the bags.
Claiming that he had "lost count" of the number of bags, the Pandan lawmaker asked why the bags were not placed in the designated luggage area.
"Since this is a private jet, it has ample space to store bags without affecting comfort on board. What's the use of renting a luxurious jet if it is full of luggage?" he queried.
"What are inside the bags? If they are full of clothes, are they so valuable that they can't be stored in the proper luggage area?" he added.
Rafizi, who has been sued by the prime minister and his wife previously, said he expected to be dragged to court again over his latest allegations.
"I will wait for the lawsuit. I'll see her in court.
“She can sue me, (she) can say anything. But with the social media, those are the questions that the public will ask after looking at the video," he added.
'Give us the real figure'
Meanwhile, responding to Rosmah’s aide Rizal Mansor, who said the premier's wife did not live in the clouds for two months, Rafizi said the to-and-fro flight from Subang to Istanbul would have cost RM1.5 million.
“And this is only one trip, what if she had gone on 10 trips? Millions were still wasted in two months.
“If RM86 million is too much, then give us the (real) figure. I couldn't have plucked the figure out of thin air. My basis was on the fact that RM60,000 was spent per hour,” he said.
Rafizi on Wednesday revealed that Rosmah flew in the aircraft to Turkey to accept the 3G Children Welfare Award on behalf of early childhood programme Permata.
He had claimed that the two-month lease of the Airbus ACJ319 would cost the government approximately RM86.4 million.
However, Rizal said Rafizi had tried to give the impression that Rosmah had lived in the clouds for two months on the aircraft.
Malaysiakini has contacted Rizal and is awaiting his response on Rafizi’s latest exposé .
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