Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin has dismissed recent allegations surrounding Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s future son-in-law mere politicisation, saying it is not of “national interest”.

Khairy, the son-in-law of former prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, defended the PM by downplaying the purported scandal as “mere allegations which had been denied”.

khairy jamaluddin at bn youth volunteers 2 “It doesn’t affect the PM from doing his job, these are personal matters… It is very unfair to politicise the issue,” he told media after a BN Youth volunteer event last night.

Asked for his opinion about the numerous scandals surrounding the Najib family, from the Scorpene scandal to the RM24 million diamond ring controversy, Khairy was again unperturbed.

“I don’t see any scandal apart from efforts to politicise and assassinate the characters of the PM and his family members.

“This is not a matter of national interest,” he said.

Asked how BN planned to handle the scandals’ effects on public perception in the run up to the general election, he said they will explain to people that “these are unsubstantiated allegations”.

 

“Even if it does (cause damage to public perception), we have to explain it. People will be able to understand. This is a private matter that has nothing to do with the government,” he said.

‘Not sabotage’

When asked to comment specifically on the alleged multimillion diamond ring, which was hardly a private matter as it involved the Customs department, the Rembau MP again called the incident unproven allegations.

Rosmah ring booklet cover “It is again an allegation that has not been proven. So I hope that the Malaysian public can distinguish between facts and mere allegations,” he said.

Last October, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz admitted in Parliament that the ring from Jacob & Co based in New York had indeed entered the country, but claimed that it had been returned unsold.

PKR activist Badrul Hisham Shaharin had produced a Customs Department systems printout that allegedly named Rosmah in the receiver's column.

Khairy also ruled out of the possibility of these scandals being internal sabotage by the anti-Najib camp within Umno, putting instead the blame firmly on the opposition.

Nooryana Najwa Najib and Daniyar Nazarbayev Earlier this week, New York Post reported that the PM's future son-in-law, Kazakh national Daniyar Nazarbayev ( left in photo, with Najib's daughter ), is being accused in court of swindling a US$ 20 million condominium unit from his stepfather.

The court documents filed by Daniyar’s stepfather also revealed that Daniyar had allegedly forged academic documents to gain entry to the Columbia University.

Daniyar’s mother, who was accused of being Daniyar’s accomplice, yesterday dismissed the allegations against her son as “absurd” and “political manipulation”.