How to be an instant billionaire
YOURSAY ‘Jasa, instead of publishing a book, it’s better for PM to go on TV.’
Jasa to publish Najib's 1MDB answers in a book
Paradise:
Special Affairs Department (Jasa), please do not waste your time and public money as no one except Umno leaders Abdul Rahman Dahlan, Salleh Said Keruak, Azalina Othman Said and Ahmad Zahid Hamidi will believe the contents of your booklet.
If you have to publish it, please include the following questions: Who donated the RM2.6 billion? What did you do with the money?
List down the recipients of the money and how much they got? Why close the bank accounts? Where is the remaining balance?
Tikusmati : Well, before I even read it, I know that it will be a whole pack of lies. So don't waste time printing it. A donation to some charitable organisation would do you more good.
Anonymous_1423827415: Indeed, Jasa, you are just wasting your time.
From Day 1, you should have advised PM to acknowledge that the RM2.6 billion was a donation. And to make sure 1MDB CEO Arul Kanda attends the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting.
He evaded the meeting twice and circumstances leading to the second appointment to meet the PAC were very suspicious.
So no amount of explanation will convince the rakyat. It’s already too late. I pity the PM. There are no more smart people around to advise him.
Headhunter: I think the title of the book should be: ‘How to be an instant multi-billionaire for dummies’.
It’s better to go on TV and answer the half a dozen questions on 1MDB. Why need to write a book and spin a fairy tale? No one would believe it anyway.
Anonymous 122461436161429: When and if the PM is questioned by the police or the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), his reply will be: “Please buy my book. My defence is inside.”
Slumdog: Jasa, are you going to print the long list of questions that Najib does not have the courage to answer or are these questions deemed to be activities detrimental to parliamentary democracy?
Bringon14: How many times are you going to repeat the answer, "I did not use the money for personal gain?”
By the way, if the money had been used for GE13 and the PM is now earning his salary as a result of the elections, it is for personal gain.
There is only one book and only one verdict for the people and that will be GE14.
J Ng: To professionalise the book, there should be a forward by Najib on 'How to run a honest government and ways to deter detractors'.
To reflect the sheer size of investment and returns of 1MDB, it must be in hardcover. These should also be distributed to all our foreign embassies.
At the same time, it should be make a compulsory text for our primary school students. They must start young to emulate the patriotism and hard work of Najib.
No effort must be spared to conduct roadshows nationwide as well. Surely, one day, it may be adopted by world leaders as a 'sure win' model for national sovereign investment.
Mushiro: People have seen and are sick of these same answers many times over.
They have repeated these answers in the print media and TV stations and even the social media. Nothing will change the people's views if the truth is not told.
Apa Ini?: What a waste of money! Just make a national address through Parliament, and answer questions put to you by the opposition, and have it televised live to the nation.
Hang Babeuf: "Has the cat stolen his tongue?" How come this PM cannot speak for himself? Talks only through surrogates and "talking-chiefs"? A ventriloquist PM?
“Has the cat got your tongue?” is an expression in the form of a question that originated in the mid-nineteenth century and was used when addressing a child who refused to answer a parent’s questions after some mischief.
It is often shortened to “cat got your tongue?” It means that you are having trouble thinking of a way to speak and/or answer a question that has been posed to you, so it seems like you cannot talk.
When someone says or asks “cat has your tongue,” it technically means you are speechless, you can’t think of anything else to say.
Justine Gow: The book may be an attempt at raising funds to partially pay off the debts of 1MDB.
The book can be to Umno Baru members what the ‘Little Red Book’ was to the members of the Chinese Communist Party under Mao Zedong.
Speaking Sense: There are already many such books easily available - Aesop's Fables, Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, The Boy Caught With His Hands in the Cookie Jar, Jokes For All Occasions, How To Turn Your Country Into A Basket Case, How To Convert Public Funds To Private Accounts...
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