Will Najib sue Wall Street Journal, too?

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YOURSAY ‘Take the WSJ to court in New York City - NYC and not KL.’

PM can’t hide from '1MDB cash for GE13' report

Odin Tajué: Those with sufficient general knowledge know that the reputation of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is unquestionable.

Unlike Umno-linked newspapers, it does not fabricate to incriminate, or to defame, or to cast aspersions on, or to besmirch, or to derogate another party.

It would not publish this sort of report unless it has had solid evidence or has had acquired its information from reliable sources.

That being the case, its report on the acquisition of the power company from the Genting Group by 1MDB for Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to secure a substantial kickback to finance Umno's attempt to wrest Penang from the opposition is sound.

Nevertheless, even the best of them do make mistakes once in a blue moon. Therefore, if this report is erroneous in the critical information contained, then Najib must immediately take WSJ to court in New York City - NYC and not in Kuala Lumpur, if you please - to clear his name.

If he does not, then the report is confirmed 100 percent accurate. But let's not hold our breath waiting for a lawsuit.

We probably can expect Najib's communications advisers to advise him to take an oath in a mosque to deny any knowledge of this matter. Najib will be only too happy to do that.

The wording of his oath will be something like this:

“In the name of the Almighty, most merciful Allah, I hereby make my solemn oath that I have never been to the casino in Genting Highlands nor to any other casino operated by the Genting Group anywhere on this planet to gamble.”

RCZ: Of course, the PM will hide from WSJ’s '1MDB cash for GE13' report. No doubt about it.

He will get his lackeys like 1MDB’s Arul Kanda or the like, the Genting spokesman and the Yayasan 1Malaysia head, to come out to defend him.

Mushiro: In times like this, when real dirt is exposed implicating Najib, government agencies like MACC (Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission), PDRM (Royal Malaysian Police), the AG’s Chambers and EC (Election Commission) will hide their tail tightly between their legs and be tight-lipped.

These people's loyalty is only to the money which they take home at the end of the month. And what do we expect Najib to do? Continue with his elegant silence!

King Cobra: In 1990, Mahathir made a bad decision - he approved licences for his cronies (Ananda Krishnan’s Tanjong Energy Holding, YTL, Genting, etc) to operate independent power plants (IPPs) and sold expensive power to TNB (Tenaga Nasional Bhd), on top of getting Petronas to give subsidised fuel to these IPPs.

TNB and Petronas have suffered a loss of about RM100 billion over the past 20 years because of these IPPs. In 2012, Najib terminated some of these IPP contracts and gave them to 1MDB.

Soon after, 1MDB worked with TNB to supply cheaper power to the rakyat. That was why TNB did not increase the power tariffs - thanks to 1MDB and to the global drop in fuel prices. Now, we can see how evil Mahathir was.

Najib has done much to help this nation and its rakyat through 1MDB. He should get all the credit and be given support to continue as PM.

CQ Muar: The WSJ report clearly shows how low and degrading Najib can stoop to hoodwink the nation by using funds belonging to the rakyat to fraudulently win votes to hold on to power.

For such malpractice, misconduct, dishonour and indecency, Najib and all those responsible must be immediately asked to step down.

Lynn: Indeed, in any country, a leader of a country this tainted, with so many embarrassing irregularities and outright criminal breach of trust, would have been impeached and removed, or he would have done the right thing and resigned.

‘Hanya di Malaysia’ (only in Malaysia) is someone such as this not rotting in jail but still walking the corridors of power.

Najib's NGO in WSJ report funding S'wak projects

Negarawan: The massive scandals surrounding Najib have not only tarnished his own image but that also that of the whole country.

Najib should take leave until all investigations and inquiries are completed. Otherwise, a motion of no confidence should be moved in Parliament, urgently.

The damage to the country's reputation and economy must be stopped.

Transformasi: A good percentage of the money allocated to "alleviate poverty" must have gone to printing 1Malaysia T-shirts, caps, displays, banners - while the rest is spent on spray-painting Najib's face on KTM coaches and ‘I Love PM’ placards.

Mmmmmmmm: If we need all these NGOs to do the job, then what are all the civil servants in the various ministries doing? Also, whose money are these NGOs using?


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