YOURSAY | ‘So long we have money to pay fine, we can keep breaching any law in this country.’

Bank Negara closes case against 1MDB

SMC77: So does it mean after paying the fine, 1MDB does not need to bring back the money?

If that is the case, so long we have money to pay fine, we can keep breaching any law in this country.

Bloodymary: Bank Negara deserves to be shut down for malfeasance and gross negligence of its responsibilities as guardian of financial transactions.

Bamboo: This is the death of the independence of Bank Negara. An in-house elevation to the central bank’s governor can’t prevent the culture of ‘cari makan’ from thriving.

Jayces: Now that this whole matter has been put in its proper perspective, Malaysians need to move on.

For more than a year, we have been under the dark cloud of unfounded allegations that the Malaysian prime minister is a thief.

Kuasa Rakyat: Most people, both here in this country and the world, believe 1MDB was set up for the purpose of defrauding the country.

So far whatever facts that have been disclosed (oh, nothing much have been disclosed by the Malaysian authorities) have supported this supposition.

Only some blind and deaf people in Malaysia are saying otherwise.

Oscar Kilo: Bank Negara let 1MDB off with barely a slap on the wrist. But in Singapore, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) closed down BSI Bank.

Yes, Malaysia is really a ‘cari makan’ country.

Hardboiled: Everybody gets paid, and no one is accountable. I love this business model.

Programmer: I was cheated after selling names for Citizens’ Declaration

Wira: Why didn't programmer Azharuddin Othman make a police report instead of just a statutory declaration?

I hope someone will make a police report against him so that investigation could begin on how he, for RM5,000, defrauded the people and the Agong by padding it with fictitious signatories as per his own admission.

Otherwise, it's just a show to discredit former PM Dr Mahathir Mohamad because Azharuddin probably received more money from that RM2.6 billion war chest. Mahathir is right. Cash is king.

Aries46: Azharuddin's claim can easily be verified. The 1.2 million or so signed Citizens’ Declaration in Mahathir's possession must be verified whether or not it contains the 900,000 names and fake signatures that Azhariddin claims he sold to Syarul Ema Rena Abu Samah.

The police must verify Azharuddin's claim and why and how he obtained the 900,000 names. And those 900,000 citizens effected by the sale of their identity must lodge police reports against Azharuddin for illegal possession and profiting from their private data.

There is also the possibility that he may be in the employ of those opposed to Mahathir and to sabotage the Citizens’ Declaration exercise.

Vijay47: After the total debacle of the entire 1MDB plot, it looks like the Umno gang has learned how to avoid being the Keystone Cops, though not by much.

Since I usually steer clear of anything that Mahathir is involved in, I am not too sure what the Citizens' Declaration is all about, but Azharuddin has risen to the occasion to destroy whatever impact the 1.2 million signatures may have created.

Voice: He is only a freelance programmer. How can he amassed or have in possession such huge database of names? Is all this information belonged to some of his clients?

Even some big companies do not have such a huge database. Or is this effort engineered by somebody to tarnish the reputation of Citizens’ Declaration?

A thorough investigation is needed as this involved the selling of database.

Anonymous 2405561458171517: Azharuddin sold personal information belonging to 900,000 people and yet hollered cheating as if he was doing a perfectly legal and moral thing.

Yes, these are two different issues, but the audacity of entitlement in his claim is appalling indeed.

The Analyser: Only in Malaysia can you buy democracy. It seems like Mahathir rears his ugly (and true) head again. This is a timely wake-up call to all those simpletons fooled by his smooth-talking garbage.

MVA: Azharuddin. should be charged for selling private information. According to this news report, it is not the first time.

Such action is common these days in Malaysia because I continuously get emails from people pushing all sorts of stuff and I am sure someone is selling my confidential information from banks and other sources and is making good money.

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