Christopher Fernandez
You see what happened was that Mahathir, with funds sought from Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), was, on the grounds of pure greed, hoping to make a killing by speculating on the currency market much to the discomfort and displeasure of Anwar.
Anwar was absolutely petrified by Mahathir’s grandiosity, but power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Mahathir as dictator of Malaysia overruled Anwar’s pleas and went ahead on his gambling spree.
Unknown to Mahathir, across the Atlantic, hedge fund supremo, George Soros was eyeing his scalp and money. The speculation by Mahathir began to go awry and much of the BNM funds were lost to Soros and the shrewd Hungarian Jew was even cheeky enough to give a US$ 500 million donation to a Russia in distress from his winnings.
The distraught Mahathir in a bold cover-up laid the blame squarely on his deputy and made him the scapegoat for his gambling tryst. But Anwar’s sacking was not unexpected. Past deputies of Mahathir such as Musa Hitam and Ghaffar Baba had met with a similar fate at the hands of the Malaysian dictator.
This was the catalyst, the trigger that launched Malaysia into real problems after seemingly a long spell of economic growth and prosperity. When this incident took place a backlash of events began to explode into action to divide and tear asunder the nation for the first time in its history.
The drama that then began to unfold
Not only was Anwar sacked from the Barisan Nasional government, a political conspiracy, as he alleged began to unfold in a most dramatic way causing charges of sodomy to be preferred against him.
This event, till today, has caused many Malaysians of all walks of life to opine differently on his guilt. But he was found guilty and sentenced to jail after a much-publicized court trial that drew the attention of the international community.
Prior to this a bashing from the then Inspector-General of Police that caused a black eye which caused a furor and sparked outrage among Malaysians and his growing number of sympathizers and supporters created a backlash and the emergence of Parti Keadilan Rakyat.
Since Anwar was incarcerated, PKR was helmed by his wife and he was envisioned by many to be the de factoleader of the new political party. From his cell in prison, Anwar was already beginning to make an impact on the psyche of Malaysians.
A string of revelations of wrongdoings by Mahathir and his cronies began to emerge to shock and rivet the attention of Malaysians and the world at large. Despite all this dirty linen being washed in public, Mahathir was hardly bothered by the ruckus as he knew that as far as he was concerned he lived above the laws of this country.
Mahathir made nonsense of all the allegations leveled against him by Anwar “despite enough proof and evidence to nail him.”
This caused Malaysians for the first time in their lives to gain a shocking insight into the way and manner in which Mahathir governed Malaysia as being a dictator who lived above the laws of the nation and did according to his whims and fancies to champion racism and Malay chauvinism.
There was never an inkling of meritocracy that was practiced by him and his government and he finally caved-in under the growing dislike of many Malaysians to retire in disgrace as the fourth prime minister of Malaysia.
A dictator never dies?
Despite having stepped down as prime minister, Mahathir busied himself to see that the governance of this country went according to his wishes by tinkering with the administration of his successor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
By this time more and more Malaysians had had enough of the grasping menace that Mahathir had become and considered him nothing more than a public nuisance by his atrocious views and comments and remarks.
Malaysians voted with a vengeance to signal that they wanted change and reform in the 12th GE. The political alliance of PKR, PAS and DAP showed how formidable they had become by seizing power in five states of peninsular Malaysia.
Mahathir, ever the tyrannical dictator, flew into a rage and orchestrated the ouster of Badawi as prime minister to set up Najib to helm the most powerful seat of government. If Badawi was a lame duck, Najib till today has done no better than to try and suck up to the people to stay in power.
The abuses and wrongdoings of Najib and members of his cabinet along with their cronies have been leveled against them by persons far and wide but till today there has been no appropriate action taken to rectify the wrongs of their governance.
Not only Najib, but Mahathir and all the gang of thieves and their cronies are merrily functioning as people who live above the law. Any threats or accusations made against them are merely swept under the carpet by the law enforcement agencies in this country.
Mahathir, despite retiring in disgrace and his legacy starting to end up in tatters as a “bad guy” until today is recalcitrant and stubbornly refuses to let go of the governance of the country wishing instead to see his will imposed upon the people.
It looks as if a dictator never really dies, and Mr Barry Wain, influential former editor of the Asian Wall Street Journal, in a book aptly disclosed how Mahathir as dictator of Malaysia misappropriated billions of ringgit in money belonging to Malaysians when in power as prime minister.
Malaysians owe him ‘big’ & their money ‘rightfully’ belongs to him – is that so?
The reason, if read carefully for Mahathir’s behaviour problems, is owing to the fact that he believes that he is solely responsible for developing Malaysia and therefore he has to have the final word in everything.
He does not see the concerted effort and suffering and hard work of Malaysians from all across society as being the bulwark of this success and instead he sees the success and development of Malaysia as a solitary effort on his part alone.
With this thinking and being on his part, with Mahathir wanting to lay claim and hog the limelight, his megalomania being insatiable, Malaysians are under heavy oppression from the dictator who continues to throw his weight around though most Malaysians think of him as being senile and by now redundant.
Mahathir honestly believes that Malaysians owe him big and that is why he personally feels much of the wealth that has been created “rightfully” belongs to him, his cronies and sycophants.
The rest of Malaysians to him are merely spectators and should be reduced to the pedestrian level as they were merely like the cog in a wheel over which he stamped his power, will and authority.
More is to come from the dictator Mahathir Mohammad as he professes to come from a family tree that has longevity in their favor and therefore he plans to be around for as long as possible to see that he gets his and gets away with anything he wishes as dictator.
This means for Malaysians that they have to endure a sad way of life under his tyranny and oppression and they must be by now wishing that they had never endorsed him to sit in the most powerful seat in this country in the first place.
The only way to ensure that Mahathir makes a quick and permanent exit from Malaysian life is to remove BN from the seat of power as the government of the day. This should effectively shut Mahathir up and reduce him to the dustbin of history where he rightfully belongs.
Hornbill Unleashed 
ALL SMART ALECS WILL MAKE A SLIP AS MAHATHIR HAS DONE BY SHIFTING THE BLAME TO TUNKU
Mahathir’s typically shirking of responsibility for vote rigging by blaming the Tunku has bounced back on him badly.
The Tunku himself was not an angel in 2 major aspects.
1. In 1957 he had granted 1 million non Malayans citizenship as a matter of expediency and compromise. He could not deport all of them and create a bad image of the Malaya on the eve of its independence.
To deport them back to their country of origins would have driven that many of the workers and labourers into the arms of the insurgency independence movement confronting Britain for independence since 1948. This would tipped the balance of the “Malayan National Liberation War” in favour of the communist underground. So the granting of citizenship has a rather cynical purpose.
May be Mahathir should be honest enough remember this part of the unwritten history of Malaya.
Furthermore the “one million” people were legally in Malaya as matter of British industrial policy of importing bonded labour from India and China.
Unlike Mahahtir, At least the British has a little bit of decency left and they wanted to be seen as doing the right thing.
2. The Tunku enthusiastically embraced the British neo-colonial Malaysia plan to annex the Borneo colonies into one colonial administration under Malayan rule. What he and UMNO did was to steal Sabah and Sarawak independence.
From the beginning there was the UMNO Malay supremacist “Melayu Raya” plan to expand its territorial by taking over the Borneo colonies.
In Sabah it became a nightmare for the Sabahans who were outnumbered by 2 million illegal migrants to set up Mahathir and UMNO’s agenda.
The Tunku was privy to this plan. He personally reassured all Borneo peoples that Malaya would never “colonise” North Borneo and Sarawak. They were equal partners. However, the Sabah and Sarawak negotiators came up with a list of safeguards called the 20 and 18 Points Agreement respectively to protect Bornean interests.
We all know that over 50 years all these safeguards were thrown out with Borneonisation. Sabah and Sarawak became “Malayanised”.
This is comment published by Wikisabah and Borneo Herald 3 weeks ago is timely to remind us of the legacy of the Tunku which Mahathir actually implemented:
Friday, January 4, 2013
UMNO’S AGENDA TO DISENFRANCHISE ALL SABAHANS
How can we be happy on the eve of Umno’s agenda to disenfranchise all our Sabahans?
The new year brings with it one clear and present danger to the peace loving people of Sabah.
They are facing the likelihood of the electoral system being changed in such a way that the legitimate Sabah voters will be outnumbered by “illegals” instant voters created by UMNO rigging of the electoral system.
Last year (2012) PM Najib’s many visits to Sabah were more than just to show his love and concern for the welfare of Sabahans.
In fact he was discussing with Sabah UMNO and organising the re-arranging of the voting pattern in Sabah.
“ILLEGALS” USED TO STACK ELECTORAL SYSTEM
The rumours are out that many “illegals” are being “moved” on paper into constituencies where UMNO is weak to ensure its winning these seats and also into areas of Opposition domination to weaken the opposition numbers and win those seats. This is also happening in Malaya.
This means UMNO can engineer a landslide victory for the Sabah side of the elections. This will ensure that UMNO will retain power and get back its majority seats in the Federal Parliament.
Sabahans if you have not yet woken up- this plan to dis-empower and disenfranchise you is a clear and present danger to your freedom as citizens in your own country.
If UMNO succeeds, then the illegals effectively have been used to take over Sabah in terms of numbers.
Whether this is constitutional or not is another question. With their two third majority UMNO can further change the constitution and totally disenfranchise us.
MELAYU RAYA CRYSTALLISATION
This will complete the implementation of UMNO’s Malay supremacist religious apartheid system imposed by stealth on Sabah over 50 years as part of its Melayu Raya (Greater Malaysia) agenda.
The “Melayu Raya” concept was specifically excluded by Point 5 of the Sabah 20 Points Agreement with Malaya. It says: “Malaysia” but not “Melayu Raya”. But it has become reality.
It explains the thinking behind the UMNO and Perkasa pronouncements that all non-Malays or Muslims are “pendatangs”. But Muslims who are illegals and pendatangs are welcome into Malaysia to bolster UMNO’s numbers stacking game.
We all feel angry over disenfranchisement in our own country in all areas spelt out in the 20 Points Agreement.
One of the most important Points is on “Borneonisation” which was to put genuine Sabahans in charge of not just the civil service but embraces the control of our resources and finances.
Over 50 years Sabahans were sidelined and Malayanisation took place whereby Malayans were put in direct charge of our government machinery.
Then the people were disenfranchised when UMNO seized control of our oil and land resources.
All these had been done with the help of the local collaborators called “traitors” by many Sabahans and we know who they are.
Sabahans now have also to compete with illegals for jobs as in the oil palm plantations.
Sabah was turned into a one crop colonial oil palm plantation just as the former colonialists had turned Malaya into a one crop rubber plantation as a main source of the country’s income dependent on the mercies of the world economy.
With over supply caused by the glut of oil palm plantations everywhere in Malaya Sabah Sarawak and Indonesia and other parts of the world competing for markets, it is no wonder that there is a rampant fear in Sabah of a crash in this industry.
CLEAR & PRESENT DANGER OF LOSING CONTROL TO ILLEGALS
All these disenfranchisements will pale in comparison to what will happen. It is a certainty that UMNO will do anything to stay in power.
Short of another declaration of emergency rule, using “illegals” to out vote local Sabahans will look “legitimate” and “democratic” at home and abroad.
So think seriously on how we can stop this UMNO move.
If UMNO wins we all have to endure another 50 years of colonial domination and it will be worse as in 50 years time the children of illegals will take over Sabah.
A simple fact can clarify a lot. The 1960 Census showed that Sabah had only 0.4% Brunei Malays (and they do not claim close relations with Malayan Malays). There were no other Malays in Sabah
then!
The book “Lest We Forget” by Dr. Chong Eng Leong has figures showing that the “illegals” are now everywhere in Sabah.
Now more than half of Sabah’s population are instant “Malays”. Where did they come from? Like instant noodles, the “illegals” were manufactured by UMNO! It is all part of UMNO’s power game and agenda for “Melayu Raya”.
This is not to scare any one but to alert them to the danger that is staring at them.
Posted by wikisabah at 3:34 AM
Comment by ANTI-MALAYAN COLONIALISM! — January 22, 2013 @ 11:14 AM |
How to punish Mahakuty? Let the law take care of him. If that does not work let the law of the jungle deal with him.
Comment by Mandela — January 21, 2013 @ 3:51 PM |
MUSSOLINI WAS EXECUTED BY SHOOTING & HUNG UPSIDE DOWN
HITLER SHOT HIMSELF TO SAVE EVERYONE THE TROUBLE
MAHATHIR?- DUMP HIM A DRUM OF SABAH SARAWAK PETROL & DROP IT FROM THE KL SABAH OR SARAWAK TOWER
Comment by Brain — January 22, 2013 @ 10:41 AM |
Send him to the jail together with those victim of ISA or Politic. Let those fellow ajar him. Let him die in the jail. See BN got anything to said.
So many people died in our jail for the past 55 years. No action from BN !!! Celaka punya syaitan !!!
Comment by Mike-Johor — January 21, 2013 @ 9:38 AM |
Mahathir knew that Sabah was too rich to lose. With a majority Christian population there was a strong chance Sabah may leave Malaysia if they saw BN’s Malay/Muslim priority agenda. So he pulled off an operation to re-engineer voters to keep voting BN and to bring in Malay/Muslim rule. Sabahans need to wise up and throw BN out of Sabah.
Comment by Johar — January 21, 2013 @ 9:38 AM |
AND IN SARAWAK TAID & GANG BETRAYED THE PEOPLE & DID MAHATHIR’S DIRTY WORK TO KEEP SARAWAK IN MALAYSIA
Comment by Anon — January 22, 2013 @ 10:43 AM |
ISA him and let him taste his own medicine before he kicks the bucket very soon
Comment by tigeryk — January 21, 2013 @ 6:25 AM |
The record showed his name as Mahathir a/l kutty.
Check it up S’pore. How can he call himself a Malay? In fact he has cheated the true Malays for so many years as PM of Malaysia. He is not fit even to wipe the Tunku’s feet. His reign was all about screwing the whole system and enriching himself and thus his USD 44 Billion loot.
He is but a sh….t stirrer to crate racial tension so that his cronies take over again. True Malaysians, time to wake up and clean up this mess created by the kutty.
Comment by Faridah — January 21, 2013 @ 10:20 AM |