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Yoursay: Who does Hisham think he is, James Bond?

YOURSAY | No thanks, Hishammuddin, we don’t need your help to track Jho Low.

Hisham volunteers to track down Jho Low in China

The Himalayans: Why would Beijing trust and deal with former defence minister Hishammuddin Hussein? He is a nobody now – he isn’t a diplomat, and he doesn’t hold any government posts.

Hisham should be busying himself now with being a key witness to all the corrupt deals undertaken by MO1 (Malaysian Official 1).

But this doesn’t mean he shouldn’t be investigated as well during his tenure at the Defence Ministry on alleged corrupt deals.

Palmyra: Who does Hisham think he is, James Bond? Does he have a “very particular set of skills” to hunt down 1MDB-linked businessperson Low Taek Jho in China? What special relationship does he have with officials in Beijing?

The way I see it, Jho Low is a valuable asset to China. They want to keep him there as a bargaining chip since there are several lucrative contracts drawn up by the Najib Abdul Razak regime that has been put on hold by the Pakatan Harapan government. Maybe, they will hold onto Low as long as Putrajaya refuses to sign off on the projects.

If Hisham actually wanted to do this, he shouldn’t have announced his intentions, and just do it on the sly. Now, he has to shelve the idea.

Vote BN Out: Even if you find Jho Low, then what? Are you going to bundle him on the next plane? Or just gently coax him to accompany you back to Malaysia?

Asokkumar: Finally, a responsible statement from Hisham. Please do not discourage him. Probably he can use his illegal bodyguards to bundle Jho Low out.

Give him an opportunity to prove himself.

Anonymous 2018: We know how what Hisham is up to, and how this is going to go down. He is trying to portray to the powers-that-be that he has nothing to do with 1MDB by volunteering to bring Jho Low back.

He will in all likelihood spend a few weeks in China and tried to negotiate a covert deal with Jho Low, and return empty-handed, claiming he tried his best in vain.

Kamalappans: Is this what happened when Hisham went to Putrajaya to meet Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad?

Was he begging Mahathir not to charge him over the scandals in exchange for him bringing Jho Low back to Malaysia?

Pakcik Am: Hussein Onn was an honest fellow. His son clearly not so much. By covering up the billions missing in 1MDB, Hisham became an accessory to the horrible crimes allegedly perpetrated by his cousin Najib.

ABU: By all means, Hisham, go ahead and track down Low. Just remember to fly economy.

Sources claim envoy punished for not securing Jho Low's sister's release

Anonymous_1527658987: Ilango Karuppannan is a superb and very professional diplomat, who served, among other places, in Washington DC as the deputy chief of mission and in Beirut as ambassador.

I can understand how he refused orders from Najib.

Hope: Although Ilango ended up having a similar fate like others who stood up to Najib during his kleptocracy rule, either sacked or transferred to cold storage in the Prime Minister’s Department, at least he has the integrity to do the right thing.

This is the type of government officials we need.

Anonymous_1536078333: There are good officers who have been sidelined, and the rotten ones promoted to protect their political patrons.

The latter group are the ones undermining the Harapan government. There is a need for the public sector to be reformed too.

Kangkung: Najib is not in power anymore. Are the people who worked in the old regime still worried about ‘telling all' because they are afraid that speaking out would implicate them as well?

If so, cancer had spread deep during the past regime.

Legit: It is good to know that there are such courageous civil servants in the midst of the many cowardly and traitorous colleagues.

Ilango should be rewarded for his principles and courage, as these are the kind of civil servants the country needs.

Freeing Uighurs may dim chances of netting Jho Low

Spinnot: "But even if Low is found in China, Malaysia does not have an extradition treaty with the country," the Nikkei Asian Review report says.

I don't think China is keen on signing an extradition treaty with Malaysia - a country that does not even adhere to the extradition treaty it has signed with India.

Neither the Straits of Malacca nor the South China Sea gives Malaysia any leverage over China. Whether it is during peacetime or time of armed conflict, Malaysia does not have the military muscle to enforce a blockade of either.

Cogito Ergo Sum: Humanitarian considerations are far more important than financial concerns. Low will eventually be caught but the lives of the 11 Uighurs may be at peril if sent back to China.

It’s the same principle is being used by Australia in not returning convicted murderer Sirul Azhar Umar to Malaysia. Humanitarian concerns for 12 lives far outweigh the need to arrest one thief.

Shovelnose: This tit-for-tat is coming out with one side smelling like roses and the other like stink from a cesspool, don't need to name who's who. A juggernaut that crushes dissent in its tracks without being accountable to anyone is but a dictatorship in communist sheepskin.

Jho Low is being sought after and will face his day in the court of law, not so those Uighurs dissenters, who may never be heard of ever again. Thanks to the country’s leadership for daring to stand up to this type of bullying.

To God The Glory: If China is keeping Jho Low as a bargaining chip, I say screw it. Continue infuriating Beijing till they realise it is a dud chip.


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