FILE PHOTO: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and wife Rosmah arrive during the gala dinner marking ASEAN's 50th anniversary in Manila, Philippines, November 12, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo
KUALA LUMPUR – Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor said she bore no grudges against former allies who turned on her and former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak following Barisan Nasional’s general election defeat.
In an exclusive interview with Malay Mail yesterday, Rosmah, who seemed at ease in her yellow, flowing kaftan and reading glasses, recounted a life spent in the limelight and said she hoped their troubles will soon be over.
“It’s normal in politics. When you’re up, everybody adores us, but when you have problem, it is expected. It is just part and parcel of life,” he said.
“I don’t mind. It’s OK. Everybody has got their right about what they want to say.”
She stressed that her focus now was only protect her family and herself.
Some BN leaders such as Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin appeared to blame Najib for the election defeat, claiming they did not dare speak out for fear of reprisals.
In 2015, Najib purged his then deputy Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal from the Cabinet for being critical of the handling of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
Najib has resigned as Umno president and BN chairman.
During the interview yesterday, despite the series of raids at her home in Jalan Langgak Duta here, Rosmah appeared upbeat.
However, she expressed fervent hopes of soon returning to a normal life with her family.
“We are taking it quite well. I think we’re quite relaxed, being a family of politicians. This is just one of those trials and tribulations, hazards of being in politics,” Rosmah added.
She was accompanied by her lawyers, Datuk Geethan Ram Vincent and M. Puravalen, throughout the interview, together with several close aides.
“It’s another life, but I’m not complaining. I’m not asking for this kind of life, but it’s a much more relaxed life when I can do my thing. When I feel like sleeping, I can sleep when I feel like waking up, I can wake up.
“But I would like this to be over as soon as possible, because we want to move on with our lives,” she added.
She also asked that police to treat her and her family with the courtesy to which they were entitled as Malaysians.
“I can take all that pre-dawn raids. I understand.
“I believe that a person is innocent until proven guilty. Otherwise, we have to be treated like normal human beings. The right to dignity,” she added.
Lawyer reminds ‘unemployed’ Najib that he’s still being paid to be MP
KUALA LUMPUR— Lawyer Syahredzan Johan pointed out to former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today that he remains salaried as the Member of Parliament for Pekan, Pahang where he is currently visiting.
Commenting on an aggregated report of Malay Mail’s exclusive interview yesterday with Najib, he criticised the former PM’s claim of being jobless.
“Datuk Seri still gets a salary as the Pekan MP. Please do not liken yourself to those who are truly jobless. That is insulting,” he wrote on Twitter.
During the interview yesterday, Najib asserted that he was jobless when asked what his days were now like, after he led Barisan Nasional to its first and only general election defeat.
He said he would periodically issue his views on the country’s direction, but asked to be given time to “sort out [his] personal side first.”
Najib’s mansion in Taman Duta here has been repeatedly visited by commercial crime investigators searching for evidence in a money-laundering investigation linked to 1Malaysia Development Bhd.
Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said he expects to charge Najib over the 1MDB corruption scandal soon.
– Malay Mail
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