In Dr M-Najib feud, you can’t cover fire with paper
YOURSAY ‘Dr M is a person who does not mince or hold back his words.’
No Dr M-Najib rift, firefights Umno man
Commentable: The rift between former PM Dr Mahathir Mohamad and PM Najib Razak is like an open book to the public, literally.
It is known that Dr M is a person who does not mince or hold back his words. When he lambasted Najib, those words came from the Tun himself.
There was no need to add or subtract anything from it, let alone to exploit those issues and blow it out of proportion.
Moreover, the issues that Mahathir raised had already been simmering in the public domain for a long time but it is just that the voice from the ordinary man is not loud enough.
Like a snake charmer, now comes an Umno man who is attempting the extraordinary but futile feat of putting back and resealing an opened can of worms.
Umno must be very thankful to have the amazing Cheras Umno division chief Syed Ali Alhabshee at their side.
Lin Wenquan: Umno minions are now being summoned to do 'national service' to patch up the tattered image of PM Najib Razak.
When TDM (Tun Dr Mahathir) has made a clear and unambiguous call to the PM to step down without mincing his words, this nincompoop is disputing the indisputable.
Nobody else has “deliberately manipulated Mahathir's remarks to divide Umno” as he fallaciously claimed.
Umno grassroots may find Syed Ali's spin commendable and creditable, the rest of us can only describe it as nauseating and sycophantic.
JD Lovrenciear: It is these kinds of press rebuttals from Umno leaders that actually cause collateral damage. When will they ever learn how to do it right?
If Apco and foreign-paid stooges cannot teach them right, they should ask Malaysian professionals to help them. But will they?
Frankiepo: Syed Ali, you're a genius, pretending that all is okay when it's about to explode. Perhaps you should be the prime minister and save Malaysia.
Multi Racial: I’m certain this whole thing is not put for show for Dr M to get what he wants. Altantuya Shaariibuu was cruelly murdered and the truth must be told and those guilty must be punished to the maximum of the law.
Please don't turn this into Dr M and Najib quarrel. Malaysians is not interested in that. We are interested in the truth behind Altantuya’s murder.
The Federal Court has found Sirul Azhar Umar and Azilah Hadri guilty and Malaysians agreed they are guilty as charge. But they don't have a motive to kill Altantuya and Sirul has already openly declared they have been directed to do so.
An Altantuya immigration entry record into this country has been tempered with. Why is no one investigating that?
Let's not turn the Altantuya murder into a secondary issue in the Dr M and Najib quarrel. It should be our prime objective. Those entrusted to unearth the truth, please do your job.
Hello: Syed Ali is a typical Umno representative, always in denial of the truth/reality. If it’s to his convenience or Umno, he say black is white or white is black.
Slumdog: What can you expect from a staunch Umno dimwit? Syed Ali is a contemptible and distasteful individual trying to defend Najib, the nation’s leader, who is embroiled in mega scandals.
Anyone reading Mahathir’s trashing of Najib will be left in no doubt of his intentions, that is, to destabilise Najib and force his resignation.
And then this half-brained Umno stooge comes along and tries to defuse the situation by claiming that all is well between the two.
Anonymous #40538199: This man has not publicly declared his assets . He is likely not in the inner working group of Umno as he was in the dark when the Finance Ministry had already extended loan to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
Bystander: There is a saying “Don't go polishing a rotten apple as it would be futile.” This wannabe polisher should try to literally polish a rotten apple to understand what would be the end result.
I'm afraid he might not even understand my very simple English.
RakyatBiasa: Syed Ali, this is not just "Umno's affairs". It is a national affair.
No big issue? Please go watch the video for yourself and if you are deaf, please get a sign language interpreter.
Dr M has asked Najib to step down from his PM and Umno president posts and you say "certain quarters deliberately manipulated Mahathir's remarks to divide Umno". Continue living in your Umno world.
Headhunter: Syed Ali’s denial reminds one of the popular slap-stick comedy TV series ‘Hogan's Heroes’ where the German officer Colonel Klink often quote, "I see nothing, I hear nothing" whenever something went wrong in his prison camp.
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