Husni failed the country when it needed him most

YOURSAY | ‘Your high blood pressure, worrisome as it must be, is the least of your problems here.’

Husni tells of 1MDB epiphany prompting him to quit his post

Victor Johan: Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah, you will only become significant if you reveal specifics in what you saw as "shocking" in the 1MDB scandal while you were the second finance minister and were required to deal with the scandal involving your prime minister cum first finance minister, who is now more popularly known as the Malaysian Official 1 (MO1), as stated in the suit brought on by the US Department of Justice (DOJ).

Odin Tajué: I fail to see how Husni could be viewed as not having been involved in the world-infamous 1MDB scandal. He was.

He might not have participated in the alleged stealing of money from 1MDB, but he did abet in the crime by allegedly helping to cover it up.

We can recall that the most obvious was his pronouncement that the couple of billion US dollars that was allegedly stolen by Najib aka MO1 and his comrades-in-crime had not been lost but still in the possession of 1MDB in the form of ‘units’.

Husni had refused to explain what those units were, and which prompted me to write a piece wherein I named the units after him.

To my mind, he was in fact very much involved in the scandal and, therefore, is no less guilty than Najib and his associate, Jho Low, the alleged mastermind of the US$7 billion theft.

Vijay47: Husni, I think your high blood pressure, worrisome as it must be, is the least of your problems here.

You speak of the hypocrites and the corrupt lurking in Umno and yet you have not disassociated yourself from that vile party so ridden with crooks and thieves.

So what is all this Hindi movie dialogue about a sign from Allah? I would suggest that you do not wait for another divine hint before you decide to leave Umno itself; the next warning may render you in not much of a condition to entertain us with your tales.

Inworldnotof: It’s so sad, Husni, to hear you talking about your blood pressure rising at the height of all the questionable responses that were given by the government which you represented.

Yet, even at this stage, after having left the cabinet, you dare not call a spade a spade. That is the tragedy. So who did you really serve when you were part of the ruling machinery? Your answer is the reason why you are so sick.

Malaysia needed you at a time when you could have done something. You did not. You failed the country. Now you have no mandate.

All the cowering is the reason why the DOJ had to speak up to enlighten the rest of the world on the alleged biggest heist of the century.

Not Convinced: A month after stepping down from his finance minister II’s post, Husni told Bernama (on July 7) that his resignation from the cabinet was not linked to 1MDB.

"No... my resignation has nothing to do with 1MDB because I had thought about retiring a long time ago. This is the problem when one retires; many will say there must have been a problem.

"1MDB has nothing to do with my resignation because I wanted to resign," he said.

Words have a way to come back to haunt you. No wonder you now have high blood pressure.

6th Generation Immigrant: Unless Husni reveals all that he knows soon - the rights and the wrongs in 1MDB and the government - he can never or just simply disassociate himself from the current pack of leaders.

He is acting like an ostrich burying its head in the sand. This is no longer spilling the beans or putting sand into people's rice bowls for him, it is about patriotism and saving the country's entire population.

It’s about truth, integrity and eventually, answering to Allah. After all, he has already been warned once by Allah.

Husni must be consistently good to be recognised as a good man.

Now, Ti blames Umno race baiting on ex-leaders

Vijay47: It is exactly for this kind of spineless retreats that MCA and its leaders earn the utter contempt of Umno and others and the shame of its own community.

It’s far better that MCA central committee member Ti Lian Ker had remained silent than have him make swaggering statements, only to eat his words and meekly slink away the moment his masters reprimand him.

So what have you gained, Ti? You are much worse off now than you were just a few days ago and it is pathetic to see a so-called seasoned politician desperately scrapping the barrel, searching for some means to smoothen his cowering submission.

Twenty-two years after Dr Mahathir Mohamad's departure, after 22 years of continued subservience to Umno's abuse and bullying, he makes the inevitable condemnation of DAP and tries to lay blame for the country's present racial misfortunes on the past, while the Umno elephant glowers haughtily in the corner.

Existential Turd: Ti said and I quote, "Gone were the days where Umno can step on the minorities."

Well, Umno supreme council Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz just stepped all over you and your party. Way to go for letting them slap both of your cheeks and kick your butt.

Mushiro: So much for the fighting spirit of MCA. Nazri was not only crude in his attack but he also hit MCA hard below the belt.

This will not be the last time of Nazri's or any Umno leader’s outburst against MCA, nor will this be the last of MCA's retractions, with their tails in between their legs whenever Umno slaps them. - Mkini