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Yoursay: After raiding Najib’s house, Dr M should now target Taib

YOURSAY | Rich in wealth, poor in character. End of the day, despised by decent folks.

Astounding! Condo search nets 284 luxury handbags, 72 bags of cash, jewellery

Gerard Lourdesamy: Some silly Wanita Umno members making noise. What is wrong if they owned all this? Nothing to do with 1MDB.

Do these women ask Najib Abdul Razak how much his monthly salary as PM was and ask his wife, Rosmah Mansor, if she has any independent income of her own.

Also, ask Najib if his father left billions to him after his death. Ask them to account for their monies and their movable and immovable assets.

There is no way, if an independent audit is done, that both can explain the obscene amount of wealth they own in their own names and proxies.

And all those who aided and abetted Najib and Rosmah should also be investigated and charged in court.

Mykakistocrat: Rosmah Mansor is Imelda Marcos of Malaysia, a case of how the history of power abuse and kleptocracy rhymes.

Born into a modest background, Imelda married a legally-trained parliamentarian, then in his 30s and aspiring to the pinnacle of political power.

His regime was known for widespread abuse of power, subverting the institutions, massive corruption and obscene extravagance. Poverty and a crushing debt crisis induced a public outrage which ended his regime.

She was a kleptocrat who allegedly plundered the coffers for her vast collection of jewellery, shoes, watches and offshore properties. Her excesses made her infamous in her own right.

She was constantly contrasted to the spouse of the victimised opposition leader, Corazon Aquino. The family enjoyed a decadent lifestyle – taking away billions of dollars from the country. (The Marcos family stole US$5-10 billion, the Najib family probably a lot more.)

But, history does not repeat itself: Malaysians removed the Najib regime through peaceful balloting, and without having to suffer from martial law, political turmoil or brutal human rights abuses.

Headhunter: But Imelda pales in comparison to Rosmah. One cannot imagine how much more has been parked in other places, including overseas. There is apparently no limit to their greed.

The police did a fantastic job. Now, do we understand why they have to stay on the job throughout the night?

We also expect the police to document every detail of their haul to ensure that they don't go missing during safe keeping in police hand.

The government should instruct that all the evidence must be kept in high security because of their value. It's like raiding Fort Knox.

Any sympathy left for the family is now all gone.

Next, on the list should be former Sarawak chief minister Abdul Taib Mahmud and his cronies, most of whom are still running the state.

Not Convinced: Indeed, PM Dr Mahathir Mohamad should go after Taib instead of talking to him. Sarawakians will be eternally grateful.

What Najib and Rosmah did to Malaysia was exactly what Taib had done, and still doing, to the Sarawakians.

Anonymous_1431954960: The Pakatan Harapan government should hold an exhibition to show all the items such diamonds, bracelets, necklaces, watches, rings, currencies of various countries, handbags, bras, panties, shoes, paintings, and all kinds of valuable things seized from Rosmah and Najib in their recent searches so that the rakyat would know the real former first couple.

A Brighter Dawn Today: The real value for this seizure is to make sure the news and pictures of the operations are disseminated across the country, especially to the rural areas, such as the Felda settlements, to shred to pieces Najib's refrain of “I deny all wrongdoing.”

Anonymous_1419577444: Come to think of it, maybe there's nothing wrong with this. The police have to prove that these things belong to Najib and Rosmah.

Even if they can prove this, we have been told that “Najib dan Rosmah bijak menabung dari masa kecil lagi.” Could be perfectly legit.

Pakcik Am: Cyber experts may have to be brought in from Scotland Yard and Federal Bureau of Investigation to unravel crimes committed to astound the world for all time.

Trust documents signed by Jho Low, Rosmah and her son must be sought and obtained. Searches in company registries in the Cayman Islands and other related companies must be done to ascertain the ultimate shareholders and directors of these companies used to commit cross-border crimes.

Legislation has to be passed in several countries to specifically make all bank records of all these accomplices and Najib available for full probe by the police in their respective countries.

Cogito Ergo Sum: Nobody will begrudge the PM a few comforts in life. But the quantity of loot seized from Najib’s residences is vulgar. It reflects a sick obsession with luxuries and money.

All gotten from the broken backs of the rakyat whom Najib kept taxing. The entire Umno/BN cartel is allegedly guilty of theft.

Najib, you have earned the moniker 'Thief of Putrajaya'. I wonder why you called PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim twice when you found out you had lost GE14?

Roar For Truth: Rich in wealth, poor in character. End of the day, despised by decent folks.

Varuna: For the good of the nation. For the good of its multiracial citizenry. For the future of this nation. And for the harm done to this beautiful and lucky country by select individuals and groups under the leadership of the former PM, a proper reckoning against crimes committed must be rendered as a lesson for all times.

The people must pursue relentlessly to ascertain evidence and facts of the crimes committed. There should be no intervention of compassion at this stage for alleged perpetrators. That can wait.

Nonplussed: My goodness, how the public is now baying for blood. I understand the mood but there should not be a trial by media.

There is no need for name calling. It's not too much to ask the public to vent their feelings in a more civilised manner. Thank you for speaking nicely.


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