WHY WON’T MAHATHIR TALK ABOUT HIS SONS’ WEALTH?

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad talks so much about how clean he is and how dirty Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is. Why won’t Mahathir then talk about how 24 days before he retired he awarded his son’s company a RM214 million negotiated without tender contract, just one of billions worth of businesses his sons enjoyed at the expense of the Malaysian taxpayer. And why has Lim Kit Siang suddenly gone very silent as if the cat has got his tongue when for years he was barking like a mad dog.

THE CORRIDORS OF POWER

Raja Petra Kamarudin

OPCOM Holdings Bhd

Opcom Holdings Bhd. is an investment holding company. It is engaged in renting of buildings, provision of management services to its subsidiary companies. The firm operates through the following segments: Manufacturing, Trading and Engineering Services, and Other Operations. The Manufacturing segment offers fiber optic cables, systems and accessories. The Trading and Engineering Services segment engages in general trading of fiber, accessories and other cable production materials. The Other Operations segment provides management services and investment holding activities. Its products include aerial, duct, direct burial, anti-rodent, and indoor cables. Opcom Holdings was founded byMukhriz Mahathir and Kwang Hua Chhoa on November 7, 1994 and is headquartered in Shah Alam, Malaysia.

Mokhzani Mahathir was appointed as a Director of Opcom Holdings Berhad on 8 May 2009. He is also the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA in 1987. He began his career as a Wellsite Operations Engineer with Sarawak Shell Berhad in 1987. He later joined Tongkah Holdings Berhad in 1989 and was appointed as the Group Managing Director, a post he held until 2001. He was the Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer of Pantai Holdings Berhad until 2001. He was also a founding member and had serve as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director and Vice Chairman of SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad, one of the world’s largest oil and gas services companies until March 2015. Presently, he sits on the board of Maxis Berhad, Malaysia’s premier telecommunications company.