Abdul Gani Patail guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked :debased in character; depraved; perverted; wicked; evil:The biggest irony of our times is that people perceive all politicians as ‘thieves’ but at the same time they are also forced to elect them to Parliament again and again to rule the country. And, these ‘thieves’ pick up people similar to them from all walks of life and every profession to build a nexus they need to loot the country. Do we have any choice?As expected, Majority in the corporate sector is also neck deep in corruption. The entire ruling class is corrupt. This class includes not only politicians but also those in media, social activists, academia, intellectuals, corporates and all privileged ones who always prefer to be on the right side of the power. Scams have taken place in every regime. All parties take help of corrupt, criminals, and communalism. We have also seen how they ganged up to defeat an `independent lokpal’. Politicians know that the issue of corruption will not affect their electoral prospects, hence they continue to be brazenly corrupt. Mahathir is putting all the blame of corruption under on the Team Najib and Rosmah, making space for Team Mahathir to take over before the next G14 elections. It’s corruption and misrule. But at the same time public memory is short. Hence, Mahathir is trying to offset his losses through resigning. It is being projected as a `tough stand’ taken by Najib against corruption.Veteran newsman A Kadir Jasin believes that there is more than meets the eye with regard to Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s resignation as Petronas adviser.Veteran newsman A Kadir Jasin believes that there is more to what meets the eye with regard to Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s resignation as Petronas adviser.
Unconvinced by the former premier’s excuse that he was relinquishing his post due to health reasons, Kadir (left) believes that the octogenarian may be sharpening his blade.
“I will take the doctors’ advice at face value. They treated him and should know better.
“But what I know is, he does not have to climb 88 floors to get to his office at Petronas and the job was not nine to five, seven days a week. He can even advise without being there.
“But he often said he was a Malaysian adviser. Unlike a British adviser during the colonial days, being a Malaysian adviser, he has no power and his advice was not always accepted,” he added in his blog.
The former New Straits Times Group editor-in- chief put forth his own diagnosis as to what prompted Mahathir’s exit.
“He is better off letting go of the Petronas job than hanging on to it and risk suffering the heartache of being spurned by ‘The Power’ that now controls the national oil company.
“Everybody knows that the single most influential person in Petronas is board member Omar Ong and everybody knows that Mahathir objected to his appointment,” he added.
May have ‘fired first salvo’
Breaking away from the government may be good for Mahathir, said Kadir, adding that the former premier can now say and write things about the government without having to look over his shoulders.
“He is not beholden to the government anymore,” he pointed out.
“Although he was quoted as saying that he was leaving the national oil corporation ‘to concentrate on his health’, we all know that his good health and clarity of thought (at 88) are the products of the many good battles that he fought.
“So leaving Petronas might very well accord him more time and energy to fight other battles.
“He might have already fired the first salvo at the government when he said there was corruption during his time as prime minister but it isworse now,” he added.
Kadir also commented on Mahathir’s remark about his hope that Petronas will continue to play its role in nurturing young entrepreneurs.
“That bit about continuing to nurture young entrepreneurs is loaded because he was recently embroiled in a tussle of sorts with Petronas management over allegations that the national oil company was not doing enough to help bumiputera businessmen,” he added.
Attorney General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail met journalists yesterday to discuss two issues – a rape case involving a teenage bride, and the decision by the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) not to appeal former transport minister Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik’s acquittal in the cheating case.
But the top government lawyer did not address the pink elephant in the room – the allegations of corruption against him by retired police investigator Datuk Mat Zain Ibrahim.
The former Kuala Lumpur Criminal Investigations Department chief had been going at it for the past year with hammer and tongs against Gani – writing letters to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and finally making a statutory declaration (SD) of all his allegations.Mat Zain’s insistence that police could investigate Gani based on the contents of his statutory declaration (SD) without lodging a police report.Mat Zain drew attention to Sections 107 and 107A of the Criminal Procedure Code related to information given to the police and their powers to investigate. Tan Sri Abu Talib Othman said”I am saying … Read more
Or even given a point by point rebuttal to the serious allegations raised by Mat Zain, some of which point to treason and a miscarriage of justice.
Instead, Gani speaks to the press and tries to convey the message that it is business at usual at the AGC.
His silence is a damning indictment of this whole episode.
Putrajaya too has yet to come to Gani’s defence, except to say that there is nothing to investigate as it is just a statutory declaration. But Mat Zain is a former police detective and knows his law.
His sworn statement now is in wide circulation, even if the media is circumspect to publish all its contents. As one lawyer put it, the SD is explosive.
The AG should not remain silent any longer. That option will only further reinforce the perception in the court of public opinion that he is in the wrong.
Malaysia needs an AG who prosecutes without fear or favour, not one tainted by allegations that can undermine the entire government
nted to the post.–BERNAMA
In fact, our country is witnessing a ‘fixed match’ between the `fake nationalists’ led by Tun Mahathir and ‘pseudo secularists’ led by DAP and PAS to grab power. And, the common Malay is suffering. continuing with minority appeasement policies, people fear communal violence will engulf entire nation in the run-up to G14 elections. Both the sides are promoting fundamentalists
Mahathir’s Racism is a cover for his corruption of power Tun Mahathir must not be confused with his weakness or ‘fickleness’, as some observers have claimed, in the backdrop of his on Proficiency in English Language and Nationalism decision. In the larger public interest, it is crucial that the record is set straight. Tun has always wanted something or the other to be banned. English in is hardly the only item in that list. Language and technology have been two perennial fault lines where his lava-like anger keeps steaming and occasionally… will go after the use of English in every forum feasible for years and years, and advocate the shutting down of schools offering English express his distaste for English education by sending his children son to the UK to study.However, people, particularly the privileged class, are also to be blamed for the mess because they have allowed themselves to be swayed by Tun Mahathir who have distorted the meaning of the terms like secularism, patriotism and nationalism to suit his vested interests. All of us are unaware of the real meaning of these terms which played crucial role in country’s freedom struggle and shaping the idea ofMalaysia. Today, fake nationalists are emulating Hitler (hate and racial supremacy) and pseudo secularist the British (divide and rule).Many of us may not agree with the ideologies of these great men like Tunku Abdul Rahman Read more
