Bonnie and Clyde's act reaches new heights
YOURSAY ‘After reading about all the abuses, I don't feel like paying GST.’
'Rosmah flew in to inspect new gov't jet' poser
Vijay47: If Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli's allegations are true, the sheer audacity, conceit, and deceit of Bonnie and Clyde's latest act has reached heights unsurpassed anywhere in the world.
Even with the widespread condemnation they received for the wild extravagances they have been indulging in at the nation's expense, this pair did not care a hoot.
As far as they were concerned, their exalted position placed them beyond the pale of laws and limitations required of mortal men and they were accountable to no one.
The saddest part is that to some extent, their arrogance is justified - despite all these obscene excesses, not a single member of the ruling cohort has the honour and self-respect to openly state that the boundaries of decency have long been overwhelmed and the husband and wife team must be taken to task.
I actually believe that the wife especially suffers some terrible inferiority complex - she must partake of these displays of opulence to assure herself that she matters. What say you, Gua Musang MP Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah?
Kangkung: If Rosmah wasn't inspecting the new jet at that time, then reveal to the rakyat what was the rakyat-owned plane doing in Indianapolis for six days in December last year. Otherwise the rakyat have every right to speculate.
Raja Chulan: If Najib Abdul Razak or anyone wants to travel on official matters, why can't they travel using MAS?
This can save taxpayers’ money and also provide business revenue to MAS. The rakyat and the country will be better off this way.
Anonymous_3e21: That is what I suspected all along. Now if this is not abuse of public funds, then I do not know what to say anymore. Let’s see whether those people entrusted to protect the country’s interest will do the right thing or not.
Firestone: Indonesia has 14,000 islands across its widespread archipelago and it takes eight hours to fly from the west (Banda Aceh) to West Papua. They have only one private jet - a Boeing 737 BBJ2 for the president's use. Malaysia has seven?
Fair&Just: After reading about all the abuses, I don't feel like paying the Goods and Services Tax (GST), which is our blood and sweat money and will be abused as well.
Not a single whimper from the Umno cybertroopers or are they having a pow-wow on what to spin, lie, twist and cheat about the above?
Visu: With so much daylight robbery and outright lies, the PM and his wonderfully wasteful wife have still remained in power. All this because of foolish Malaysians who still blindly continue to support them.
Ultras Malaya: The government has mentioned that this purchased was made to replace an older plane due to maintenance cost and safety concerns. This purchase, too, was a cost-saving move made through hire-purchase agreement for 15 years.
Meanwhile the older aircraft, a Boeing business jet will be disposed of to finance the purchase of the new jet.
It's simple, if we have an old car why not get a new car to replace the old car for safety purposes and cost-maintenance-wise.
Dr Suresh Kuti: Ultra Malaya said the PM bought the new aircraft in order to save money on maintenance of the old plane. And the government will then dispose of the old plane to finance the new aircraft.
That's what exactly we should do with Umno. Too much cost, too much maintenance, too much corruption, too much abuse of power. Dispose of them.
Matteropong: He’s the president of a party that can do wonders, but the rakyat has refrained from ‘balik kampong’ to just once in every 12 months for the sake of saving for the rainy days.
2 Tim 1:7: Why are the 'Malays' in general not protesting against the GST. The short answer is that some of the revenue will be used to devise self-destruct programmes for them like the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
A thief gives a toddler an ice-cream cone and takes in exchange the expensive gold chain it is wearing.
JD Lovrenciear: We Malaysians are suffocating with a loss for words at the expose after expose and still no decisive outcomes and eventualities. What else and when? Oh My God (OMG)!
The Analyser: I shudder to think what it would look like. Chandeliers, gold-plated ornamentation everywhere, Louis Quinze furniture with Armani seat belts, hand embroidered vomit bags... and a special hairdressing room complete with three eunuchs, none of whom is you-know-who.
Idon'tlikekangkung: I wonder if there will be a hairstylist on board the new plane and a personal hair salon as well.
Kit P: Rafizi has been proven right about the existence of the luxury VIP jet purchase. The government's statement is only an attempt to explain why they thought it was necessary to buy the new jet.
Well, we will see how right Rafizi has got this fact (about Rosmah inspecting the jet in Indianapolis).
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