Stop lying, Mahathir — Othman Wahab
FEB
26 — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad does protest too much. He says all this
talk by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and the opposition about him and
nepotism is slander and that he is clean and his sons are self-made
businessmen.
I can only imagine that mixing around with the likes
of Datuk Ibrahim Ali has made the former prime minister believe that
all Malaysians have the IQ of Ibrahim.
The
simple reality is that we don’t need Anwar to tell us what we know
about you. All we need to do is remember the crony capitalism which you
promoted, bumped up IPP contracts for certain cronies, a sweetheart deal
to take over the national airline by another crony (who incidentally
had a string of legal suits against him by government entities
miraculously settled because he knew too much about your dealings and
promises to him), the bailout of Konsortium Perkapalan during the
financial crisis by MISC.
Oh yes, we also remember your pathetic performance
at the Royal Commission of Inquiry on the Lingam video where you
suddenly had amnesia. But thankfully the commissioners saw through your
act and named you and your friends (Lingam and Vincent Tan) as parties
who subverted the course of justice.
Mahathir, you have never declared your assets to
Malaysians. We still don’t know how you bought that nice home in the
Mines or why is it that the likes of Syed Mokhtar and others love
lending their private jets to you or taking you on six-star holidays
jaunts.
You say that your children are self-made
businessmen. Can you let us know how Mokhzani became a businessman in
the first place, the Tongkah deals, etc. And what about Mirzan (congrats
on becoming a shareholder of San Miguel... burp). And what about young
Mukhriz. By all accounts, he is not a smart chap but he does own a
palatial home in Bukit Tunku.
Yes, why don’t you pen the rags-to-riches story of your boys. I don’t even mind if they are sold in the fiction section.
Anwar
Ibrahim and the opposition are not guilty of slander: they are only
guilty of telling Malaysians what fools we have been to believe your
lies all these years.
The true story of Mahathir and his boys can only be
unearthed after Malaysia has a change of a political system. How about
it, Malaysians?
* Othman Wahab reads The Malaysian Insider.
