‘HOT STORY’ ABOUT TO BREAK? EX-MEMBER OF NAJIB’S INNER CIRCLE APPROACHES MAHATHIR CAMP ON ‘IMPORTANT MATTER OF MUTUAL INTEREST’

AS a writer, I received a fair bit of untypical and unsolicited messages though the telephone, via this blog and in the email.

With the proliferation of social media platforms like WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, messaging becomes as commonplace as the “keloi”, the beating of the drums and the smoke signal of the bygone era.

But one WhatsApp message I received on January 21 from an unrecorded number took me by surprise.

It was from a person who could be described as well-known in the sense that his exploits have become the media staple.

He was once believed to be a member of the inner circle of the former Prime Minister, (Datuk Seri I Mappadulung Daeng Mattimung Karaeng Sandrobone Sultan Abdul Jalil), Mohd Najib Abdul Razak.

Their association became quite a sensation because, according to media accounts, it involved all the elements of a hot story – money, power, projects and many more.

But some time ago news broke out about an acrimonious break-up between this man and Najib.

For the above reasons I decided not to respond to the man’s WhatsApp. He was being presumptuous when he wrote: “I would like to discuss an important matter which is of mutual interest.”

I can’t image what “mutual interest” I could possibly have with him. We have never met or communicated in whatever manner.

Then I received a phone call from an unlisted number and the caller turned out to be him.

So I was forced to respond. I told in not so many words that I do not want to get involved in whatever that he is doing and as such no further communication is unnecessary.

I wasn’t being rude or “unjournalistic”. As a reporter I should have jump at the opportunity to listen to the inside story about Najib and his gang.

But there are people and things that even a hungry news hound are well advised to keep away from.

My reason for posting this cryptic news is to avoid the two brief exchanges from being used to implicate me in whatever that is happening between this man and Najib.

As for the friend who gave my telephone number to him, I must say that I am upset. He should have asked me first.

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