Tun M’s million dollars
Saturday, June 14th, 2008 | 2:31 pm @ SK
It’s true that lately I received email about the embezzlement of millions of fund by former PM Mahathir Mohamad and his family in banks overseas.
I was quite astounded when one of my overseas client asked me how substantial the allegation is when I was on-site. Nevertheless, I find the circulation an unscrupulous attempt to defame Tun Mahathir, in which Tun himself came to his own defense with a point-to-point rebuttal on his blog, with his usual sense of humor too.
1. Several blogs have given space to a scurrilous statement that I, my wife and my children, have USD 199.45 million and S $ 42,000,000 in fixed deposit in the Israeli National Bank in Singapore.
2. The scum who alleges this does not have the guts to give his name.
3. UMNO can make a statement about the money I gave to Dato Abdullah when I stepped down. Better still Dato Abdullah can explain how much of the 1.4 billion Ringgit in cash, shares and property that my staff and one of his Ministers handed over to him is still with him.
4. I give full permission for the Israeli National Bank to make public these accounts so that I can claim the money said to belong to me and my family.
6. As for the anonymous scum, give your true name, I/C and address so that I can sue you.
While internet can be a very good source of information, irresponsible usage as such to smear someone’s reputation is nothing less than what Tun Mahathir remarked on his blog - anonymous scum.
June 14th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
The e-mail is malicious and utter rubbish. Is there even such a bank? If a bank is truly confidential, we would never be able to lay our hands on such a list. The e-mail was circulated with malicious intent and is no better than spam. This is how it should be treated.
June 15th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
how in the world did the former pm amassd RM1.4billion, give me some ideas lah after all saya pun mahu cari makan.
June 15th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
May be he can explain how his sons accumulate his wealth.
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June 16th, 2008 at 5:39 am
Dr M has denied such allegation in his blog http://www.chedet.com/ and he gives full permission for the Israeli National Bank to make public these accounts so that he can claim the money said to belong to him and his family.
In Singapore, depositors are protected by the bank secrecy law just like in Switzerland. Recently private-banking money was flooding into Singapore and raised to more than $356 billion at the end of 2004, from $94 billion at the end of 1998, according to the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the nation’s financial regulator.
Israeli National Bank will definitely not disclose the alledged accounts by his words through blog. In order for Dr M to clear his name, he has to write directly to the said bank to obtain a confirmation letter stating that his family have never deposited the alledged accounts with the bank in Singapore. Otherwise all Malaysian citizens should have every right to presume that the information provided by the original email sender is true.