‘LOOK AT HOW NAJIB TREATS ME, MY WIFE & MY FAMILY NOW & AS FOR MUSA, HE DIDN’T HAVE A JET & RICHES WHEN HE JOINED UMNO’ – SHAFIE VOWS TO GET EVEN WITH INGRATES NAJIB & MUSA AMAN

AN embittered Shafie Apdal, who blames the government for his recent detention by anti-graft authorities, said his role in helping Prime Minister Najib Razak create inroads into Sabah politics has been forgotten.

Shafie, who left Umno two years ago to set up Parti Warisan Sabah, said a leader who has “sacrificed” so much for his country should not have been treated the way he was when the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) detained him to assist in a probe over the misappropriation of funds for rural development projects in Sabah during his time in Cabinet.

“I realise how painful it was when my brother was hauled in, how my wife felt, how my children felt.

“I am a national leader who has sacrificed much for this country. A leader who helped Najib in the political arena in Malaysia. Sabahans didn’t know Najib. I helped him to make his politics a success in Sabah,” he told some 2,000 supporters at his home near the coastal town of Semporna today.

Shafie’s younger brothers Yusof and Hamid were arrested by the MACC earlier this month over allegations of the embezzlement of RM1.5 billion meant for some 70 projects involving roads, electricity and water supply for rural areas in Sabah.

Shafie was released yesterday after being remanded for eight days.

‘Musa Aman gets rich as Sabahans remain poor’

PARTI Warisan Sabah president Shafie Apdal today claimed that Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman made his riches only after joining Umno, and slammed the Umno leader for neglecting the plight of a large population of Sabahans, who remain impoverished.

“I know Musa Aman,” Shafie told a gathering of some 2,000 supporters at his home near the coastal town of Semporna.

Shafie said Musa was “not rich” before he joined Umno.

“When we accepted him into Umno, he didn’t have a jet, he didn’t have riches,” Shafie said.

“Now in Sabah, the people of Semporna, Kudat and Libaran are all poor. The only one who is rich is Musa Aman,” he said.

Shafie, who is being investigated by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission over the alleged embezzlement of RM1.5 billion meant for rural development projects in Sabah, has promised to reveal information about Musa when he returns to Parliament.

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