The Statement
Month: August 2015
BN Plus “U-Turn..Home comforts of Kam Pua Politics..!!”
It’s a sucker punch.
According to a TERAS member and former SPDP SC,”We remember very well at the PRS headquarters in the Press Conference that James Masing said,”a certain personality” must not be there.” Now is it done just to derail the CM Adenan’s earlier masterplan?
After some investigative works, we were informed that prior to the afternoon Press Conference on May 15th 2014 when this plan was given the go-ahead of getting the “YBS without a home together” Mawan was still indecisive. How could he betray his good friend and ‘ally” in Tiong King Sing?
Mawan was in a dilemma or was he? …Wouldn’t you be..when you are about to betray a Friend of many years..?
In reality, he could be MISLED according to sources from the ground. It could be seen clearly who initiated the rebellion as per the press conference led by the former SPDP youth secretary and the former SPDP women secretary The leaders and some ” hardcore” members of S.C. look at this as ‘opportunity” to teach Tiong a lesson and also to be given positions and other perks.
Politics changes all the time and their days are “numbered” and they will be scrapheap soon if the next phrase of Political re-alignment comes to fruition. They will have their names in the annals of the history books if ‘someone” decides to write.
The women secretary took herself out of the equation when she smelt a rat. She has since kept a low profile which is a credit to her. SPDP members who are still with the party have not forgotten about this episode and they will gladly welcome back their former President but of course the rests have to join the queue while some will end up put in a very cold and isolated freezer.
This was the PC,” Sixteen divisional Youth chiefs, claiming to represent 5,263 members, and 10 divisional Women chiefs, claiming to represent 10,000 members, announced they have quit Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP). http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/05/19/26-youth-and-women-division-chiefs-say-quitting-spdp-to-join-teras/
Led by former SPDP Youth secretary Khairuddin Abdul Kadir and former SPDP Women secretary Olivia Chan, they announced at a press conference yesterday that they wanted to join their former party president Tan Sri William Mawan in the newly formed Parti Tenaga Rakyat Sarawak (Teras).”
How come SPDP is still very much intact they ask..? Who was the schemer?
If the leaders had ten of thousands party members with them no one would dispute that. If they dare to take the lead they will be the first to face the wrath of the political in coming storm. Please don’t put the blame that its the Chief Minister Adenans Plan. The whispering campaign plus ‘pokok goyang”have even gone as far as “Adenan failed”
What happened in the Pullman hotel where and when the YBS met and subsequent meetings does not point to Adenan? Lets get it clear ,don’t lah if its not working blame Mr.Oooh ha oooo ha oooo ha. The “so-called plotters” failed.
Mawan and Tiong should have “kampua mee “together and see where they can go from here.
Mawan is a survivor and a very tenacious one and he should know that those who promised the world in terms of numbers should not be championing for themselves anymore but be blown away like the mists.
They know who they are and they must be willing to take the fall. Mawan and Tiong love their ‘charkueh tiaw” and kampua mee.
Masing has already won the battle. He won it without even a fight. He had the BN “merger of minds” . The 11 new allocated seats are a lifeline to Adenan. He knows it and he will use this to achieve his mandate. Adenan already spelt it out clearly where the battleground is. Its the rural areas and he will not sacrifice his high ground to the opposition and more so to the infighting between TERAS/SPDP.
The “Sarawak for Sarawakians” movement is another factor which must not be taken lightly especially in the rural areas where ‘drumming into the minds” does take effect to especially to the younger set of voters.
Adenan have informed the BN coalition partners and grassroots members know the ‘history” of all the opposition parties and their members. He will plan everything before he calls for elections. He understands the situation but does Mawan,Tiong,Masing know whether he wants them to fight head-on or call for a strategic truce of some kind.
Adenan as commander in chief would not take too much risks or chances. He will go back to his drawing board and assess. This must have cropped up in his mind when he was the executor behind Taib Mahmud. Its time for his executors to also know.
” The D-Day invasion of Europe was one of the most thorougly organised in history. With 175000 troops from four countries involving 5000 ships.every detail was planned scientifically. The invasion was practised for months in various venues. During the run up to the invasion,the Allies created various “DECEPTIONS” about where and when the invasion would occur”
There must be a carefull balance and he knows the ‘dayak sentiments” and groundswell is gaining momentum as new and untested young dayak voters are very well informed. The dayaks would want very much to be “recognised and respected” after struggling to get a firm footing. If the Merger is realised there should not be U-Turn.
The BN candidate will be nominated by the party and agreed in principle by the BN4 team. of course its the prerogative of the BN State Chairman but he too needs to get the blessing from the overall BN Chairman. The BN candidate needs to be elected by the people and it is also up to the party to lobby for Ministerial posts. The final say in lobbying will be up to the Chief Minister as its his prerogative. That’s basically the standard operating procedure for all assemblymen.
In this Merger process the UPP/SUPP dilemma should not be brought up. The parties of PRS/SPDP/TERAS will be showing them the way and no one should stay in the way and act as spoiler. This could be used as a yardstick to show that even how bitter the pill it could be swallowed.
Mawan a veteran politician knows when the bricks are being pilled in, he of all people would not want to stay there and be buried under it. There are indications from our various sources that Barisan Nasional leaders would welcome such a movement which will make BN stronger going into the State elections.
James loves a good kampua too and he does get it all the time when he pays a visit to Belaga which is also a PRS stronghold. Mawan and Tiong loves a Peninsular “Char Kueh Tiaw” but if invited by Tiong for a local foochow “Kam Pua Mee” he would come. Having said that,”the rebellious few who only champions for themselves must be put in the back burner for now.
Joseph Entulu knows that PRS being a strong and solid party needs to look at all options first and he could put a stumbling block to the “merger of minds’ of PRS/SPDP/TERAS.
The enemy is not outside of BN. It is inside and those who don’t try to resolve their differences will not escape the eyes of the executors. The Commander in Chief besides the executors have his two Generals in Johari and Tengah those rebellious few will be spent force.
Adenan and his executors knows Sun Tze’s central thesis that is “YOU CAN AVOID FIGHTING WHEN YOU PLAN THE RIGHT STRATEGY”
The first move has been initiated by SPDP in their August 16th Supreme Council meeting. Adenan knows the battlefield well and he has scars to prove it. Adenan cannot afford this large scale war amongst BN component parties and BN friendly parties to continue. The opposition will capitalise and the voters will turn their backs especially so when there is infighting. Time to end all the bickering and go into battle as a solid front will be BN and Adenans chances of an overwhelming majority.
Then his Oooo ha’s will sent a strong signal to everyone that its his MANDATE ………
BN PRS/SPDP/TERAS “Merger of Minds”
Does everything come a full circle? Not everything, but most of it. Well, are you going to dispel the fact that all the leaders of these three parties will go back to their beginning into ONE BIG ENTITY.
A senior SPDP politician Datuk Paul Igai was quoted,” he expected a “major development” to take place before state elections are called. TERAS Supreme Council member concurred and called it ,”merger of the minds” Tan Sri James Masing was cautious in his choice of words,”“Let’s see what are the reactions of our members first to the merger proposal”
At the recent PBB MKT meeting on the 16th August 2015 CM Adenan was asked a question,”Have you indicate to other parties to prepare for elections. I do that all the time he said.” But he added and “TO RESOLVE THEIR DIFFERENCES…..it could be seen that the Deputy President and Senior Vice President of PBB Abang Johari and Awang Tengah nodded with agreement with the CM Adenan.
An argument put forward by a BN sympathiser,”Will PBB allow this merger of minds to happen? The dayaks will all be housed in one big house and they will be a threat to PBB. Of course if you look at the political mathematics that would not even be a threat as PRS 9 Seats, SPDP 8 seats only totals to 17 seats, SUPP are by consensus allocated 19 seats while PBB 35 seats.
It must be noted though that politicians by and large will follow the flow of the river and will not try to go against the current to stay alive politically. PBB with 35 seats will of course be fearful of SUPP/PRS/SPDP combination but has the TERAS and UPP card at the moment to play with.
Adenan still requires a fresh MANDATE and he will need his executors to move and solve both issues and affecting the parties concerned or to come out with a BOLDER APPROACH OF “merger of minds entity in PRS/SPDP/TERAS. Solving the rural based parties problems would see PBB and the new entity winning,winning back losts seats and maintaining the grip for Barisan Nasional.
19 seats which are allocated to SUPP which the majority have been taken over by DAP will see the dominant Chinese Urban based parties slugging it out between SUPP/DAP/UPP/independants which according to a Chinese analyst ‘the bests man win”. Chinese voters are being enticed he said by Adenans call for greater control of Education for the state which is good no doubt. However this are just populists statements and one would wonder what DAP or the opposition pact would come out with come election day.
One clear indicator would be,” Will the BN Federal Government dare to answer the EDUCATION question?” if they are tight-lipped over the education issue, the analyst said the tables will not turn for the BN candidate to make much impact against the DAP. The issues at hand with the higher prices for goods, ringgit spiralling out of control and other factors will affect the urban cyber savvy voters.
As for the rural seats its not so much that the leaders of the political parties are at logger heads but the constant pushing, back biting and annoyance comes form those second echelon leaders. A senior leader said to us,” if you look at SPDP/TERAS its people like Robert Ayu, Alexander Asing, Banyi Beriak who wants to stand and be a candidate and knows that with BN ticket in Sarawak chances of winning in the rural areas is 60%. Who doesn’t want to be BN Assemblyman? Mawan,Tiong have their own seats in ADUN and MP and they are comfortable in their own right”
So the question is who are making it impossible for the parties to merge or at bests to see the SPDP/TERAS combination back to its former glory? One political pundit remarked,” Did you know that Tiong and Mawan as friends had “cha kueh tiaw” together in KL after the Parliament sitting? Of course we would say,true or not which is commonly asked plus are you trying to create a friction for Mawan and the other TERAS aasemblyman?”
It does seem that some Sarawak based Peninsular Bloggers up to no good again. Our political pundit says PBB/BN knows who they are and they should not meddle in Sarawak affairs.Moreover they are not fine tuned to the local cultures even though some are married or have decided to live in Sarawak. Our political culture is now being tested to the fullest as the ‘minds have been bombarded with more lies, allegations, defamation and names selling.
He continued,”Truth can become Untruth while Rumours can become Truth” All these political movement are for the “BETTER GOOD OF BN SARAWAK” Some who yearn for political standing will need to wait for their turn as the road deviates and they need also to fine tune to the Sarawak political landscape.
It’s not something new on the political mergers and we all are not too excited about it. Or are we? Even one of the executors from PBB looks at it as a Unity of the Dayaks? Certainly if it happens we will witness the history of A FULL POLITICAL CIRCLE .{ chronology:- Sunday 16th August 2015 SPDP seriously talked about merger. PRS initiated the idea very much earlier in 2006 but was given cool reception (vice-versa). Today 20th Augusts 2015 its all splashed in the mass/media.}
Adenan would be saying to us all oooo ha, ooooha, ooooha U U…. Case solved...Thanks for giving me another 5 years as CM Sarawak”
BN Slagging Time..”The Gloves are Off..”
‘Kalau tiada angin,pokok takkan bergoyang’…Really Let’s go”
Political Slagging and the upcoming “Storm” will certainly get worse and hit the epicentre and cause substantial damages before it will subside. It will take its natural course eventhough many are trying to diffuse it.
SUPP President have also sounded the bugle publicly,”19 seats belong to SUPP” SPDP President “those 8 are our seats.’ PRS President ‘U touch one you touch all” PBB they { TERAS & UPP} are very much BN YBs and Ministers. CM Adenan naming winnable candidates has open up the pandora box and stirred the “hornets nest”. Where are the CM’s executioners and executors? We will get to that later.
Poltical friends today will be enemies tomorrow. No two buts about it. But remember there is a saying” True Friends are hard to come by, but Political ‘Friends or Alliances” can be put together to serve the bests interests of both parties.
Decisions taken by certain parties depends on who helms the Supreme Council at the time with little disregard for grass root decisions. It hasn’t change in Sarawak’s Politcal climate and it will not be any sooner. The Supreme Council decisions are final and any party members who goes against will certainly feel the heat.
When Taib Mahmud was the Commander in Chief he had a number of able ‘hatchet men” in ,Adenan.Asfia and Abdul Karim who would be able to signal Taib Mahmud even when he closes his eyes for a ‘power nap”. They can smell the enemy a mile away and today both are still serving but in a different manner as to their mentor Taib. Adenan was an Taib’s executor but today he helms the state and his decisions will affect how and where the State goes in time to come. Could Asfia and Abdul Karim be the new executors?
Asfia even though how hard he tries to camouflage he cannot hide from his allegiance to Tengah Karim very much Taibs able student is now seen aligned to Abang Johari. How will they be able to execute fully the demands asked by CM Adenan.
The BN coalition is in for a “BIG FIGHT’ says our sources from the various BN Parties. DAP Chong has even put the sword in the chests of Adenan and said that they are aiming to deny the BN coalition 2/3rds in the state assembly.
- Is this Chongs way of trying to blindfold the rakyat?
- Could DAP and their new found Alliances be able to achieve that?
- 1987 the BN won 28 out of 48 seats and 2016 with 82 seats how will it turn out?
The gloves would certainly come off if all the seats are being challenged and in politics they say anything can happen in the 11th hour. The FEAR factor of being left aside is now very evident and all parties are claiming what is rightfully theirs. The social media age has taken over and any single wrong move would be blown out of proportion. Adenan might say ‘ we believe in consensus in BN” but remember those being dealt a bad card will leave it to the public to judge”
We know we have gone from a vertical society to a horizontal society where everybody has an opinion about any decision a leader makes. It’s readily available and all opinions are shared which means the gloves will be off and the clash will not only be a small matter but will escalate into from an easy win seat to scrapping through. Basically the RESPECT will be gone and every decision has to be carefully evaluated and understood by all.
Asfia and Abdul Karim needs to execute what ever is being laid for them to solve for CM Adenan . Populists agendas are only to hoodwinked positive vibes but its the right policies plus capable and most appropriate WINNABLE candidates which will turn into votes.
We know sandiwara comes in many forms and Politicians are very good at it. The “‘merger of minds “coalition needs to be addressed carefully as they too will give a big jolt to PBB and the main beneficiary would be the opposition pact. This is nothing new in the political annals and most veteran polticians knows it but many still IGNORE the threat it brings.
Adenan cannot look behind his back and he needs the two executors to move and address the problems. PBB could have met for 3 hours and spent half the time strategizing and trying to find a solution to the problems but they know this will not just go away.
The storm is coming no matter Adenan likes it or not. He said he has been telling the ‘parties involved” to solve the differences but it has lingered on and the wounds are now so deep it needs not an executor but an executioner to address it. The slagging has got so bad in the eyes of the public that the voters are turning their backs from the parties.
Adenan still charms his way across the state with his populists agendas and his ooo ha’s and U U but the fact is the problem still remains intact. Adenan needs to clamp down on the slagging matches openly amongst the BN3 against the BN plus and will need his two executors to sit them down and find a political solution.
All these winnable candidates will be of no use if the solution still displeases someone. The disease has already spread and its hardly unlikely it will just go away. Even DAP Chong knows that BN will win in first past the posts but DAP or the opposition pact is to deny the 2/3rds to BN Sarawak. Don’t say they wouldn’t as its been proven it happened in 2008 in Peninsular Malaysia.
Let us reiterate here ,”the literacy rate of the voters have gone up and many are well informed and what is happening in Peninsular Malaysia will also affect the mind-set of the voters in Sarawak. The currency has slumped,the business climate is not exactly thriving and basically costs of living has escalated.
BN Sarawak needs to addressed the “internal bickering” sooner rather than later. A component party leader said,” its getting messier but our calls to CM are being ignored” Is this a sign of things to come?
“Fishing in Trouble Water”
It all started with “merger of minds” and now it has snowballed to this. Do you blame the SPDP President for speaking his mind to the press in this statement? One may ask,‘what do you know about the intricate details of politics in Sarawak where the Chief Minister of Sarawak knows since 1979?” He won his first contest in the Muara Tuang constituency and has seen it all in his 30 years in office.
He too remembers the PBDS days where the party was at odds with the State BN but very much in tune with the Federal BN. Could this happen again? It will be a matter of time when it will unfold and the CM Sarawak is not making many friends from the SPDP,SUPP and PRS ‘merger of minds” coalition of BN partners. UPP/TERAS are BN friendly parties as the Ministers/Assistant Ministers/YBs sttod on Barisan Tickets at the 10th Sarawak elections. They are of course not Pakatan YBs? That’s for sure.
There has been a lot of mudslinging amongst the BN component parties and obviously it is so unhealthy. The State itself does not want it to be too unstable as it will not be good for foreign investments in the long run. The time will be soon when Adenan decides to dissolve the assembly and call for fresh elections in 82 constituencies.
If the bickering continues many pro-BN supporters will be looking over and above their shoulders and even will tell ADENAN a thing or two. CM Sarawak says’Bagi saya Peluang” but who are giving the voters and the people chance? Word on the ground is that its harder to make a living now than the final stable years of Taib Mahmud where everyone finds it so much easier.
Of course, Adenan has taken the necessary actions against corrupt practises, demanding autonomy,looking after Chinese and Christians’ Allah” issue and other populists agendas to ensure a comfortable MANDATE. Will that be enough? One must remember that the literacy rate amongst the youths and the people have gone up and they will not be fooled by just popular jargons.
Pakatan have had their fair share of promises to the people but everyone knows that DAP’Impian Sarawak” semi and rural drive are making headways. We do not need to put a blanket over our head and keep on harping all is well,all is well.all is well and BN with Adenan at the helm will win it for us.
Adenan is one person and he will win comfortably in Tanjong Datu Constituency or even might face a no contest. Will all the other 81 seats be so plain sailing? At the moment according to our Emeritus Professor its going to be a battle not only pitting BN v Pakatan/Independent but also BN v BN friendly v Pakatan/Independent.
PBB spokesman did harp on UPP/TERAS are in line with Najib’s call for ensuring the BN will win handsomely but with the outburst from SPDP President Tiong it will be anything but plain sailing. The BN principle comes very much to the fore for Adenan on the discussion table. Though Adenan has echoed the names of TERAS incumbents at his election dry runs that they will be standing it still will depend very much on how the situation looks nearer the election date.
Word has it coming out from the ground PBB is his party but not the others PRS/SUPP/ SPDP or even TERAS or UPP. He is BN Sarawak Chairman and is the coalition head by virtue of his office. This statement was unheard of in his predecessors years.
Of course, SPDP has every right to shout from the roof tops and scream but it is only a small thin line which will see the BN Sarawak coalition in tatters if an amicable political situation is not reached. The wheeling and dealing within the BN framework will fall squarely on Adenan’s shoulders. He will bear the brunt of it if at the eleventh hour if the “merger of minds” grouping sees that one of their partners are not being politically satisfied and a breach of contractual seat arrangement is not met. (contracts must be kept or rewritten to serve all parties concerned.No other way around it. Verbal contact is a contract but in Malaysia…hmmm depending on who you deal with )
Its like we say,”TOUCH AND GO” and Adenan needs to listen to seasoned political strategists instead of listening to raw,gungho and untested green horn politicians who only want their best interest served instead of looking at Sarawak in totality. We have even heard that they want to RUN THE WAR ROOM. Gosh!!! We gave you the chance and we know in this social media age the pen and in this case the keyboard is mightier than the sword..
They know who they are and its bests that names are not mentioned or they will come after audie61’s back with more HATE AND VENOM. We are waiting!!!
Till the next episode in a few days time..
ooo Ha..ooo Ha..even we have losts the ooompphhh
No one is Indispensable
Even the TITANIC SUNK…..
We are now focussing on Sarawak Elections 11 which will be held very soon. August 17th will see a One Day DUN seating which is done for the obvious scenario of the 11 New Seats on offer.
This will then be brought up in Parliament and the bill will also be passed and by the time of Elections there will be 82 seats up for grabs. No one is indispensable also refers to the Golden Boy of DAP. Our sources on the ground says that this time around his seat too is no more a safe seat. He himself knows that and BN are making inroads and it only takes the right candidate to unseat him.
We only have to remember the words of a veteran politician. It used to be said,” DAP harps on give us one rocket to fight for your rights in DUN Sarawak but now its reversed to the BN component parties especially in the urban areas.”
It will take more than oo0 Ha,oo0 Ha to reverse the trend. There are so much infighting within the UPP/SUPP camps and also TERAS/SPDP which will only benefit the opposition based parties. 11 new seats will that solved all ooo Ha’s headache? CM Sarawak used to be behind the scene directing traffic for Tun Pehin Sri Taib but now he needs all his prowess and years of experience, wisdom and Art of War to pull through.
The responses he got from the people during the recent Kibar Jalur Gemilang launching was as crystal clear as they come. There is nothing to hide as far as the URBANITES are concerned. Its the rural areas that will still be the bastion for BN. DAP “Impian Sarawak rural programme are not so much a threat but word on the ground is that A Bidayuh majority seat is very shaky and will even fall to the DAP. Not trying to boost the DAP morale and deflate BN but all systems needs to be checked and counter checked. The question on everyones lips especially on the BN camp would be DAP/PKR/PAS are also embroiled in party fights. Their seats are also up for grabs don’t you think?
Who then will try to sink the Titanic this time around? In any elections there will be casualties and this time around is no different. The poltical parties in Sarawak will pit their election manifestoes,rhetorics,winnable candidates against one another. But it does boil down very much to how the new political paradigm and how the Commander in Chiefs lead their charges forward.
Sad to say, Political Popularity does not last. Every one will have their day the Golden Boy and the CM Sarawak will need to fight it out for their turf. BN must not neglect the URBAN areas to the extend of ‘saying,” No chance,waste of funds which was clearly heard at the corridors of power. This words should not be repeated. The opposition parties are very good in camouflaging and they are united in that respect as compared to those in the ruling party.
Even incumbents who have been working hard are being threatened and pushed to work extremely hard and Taibs words must be heeded in order that BN remains a powerhouse,”we’ve to learn and learning how to be humble to serve our people,especially when will continue to face challenges and changes with the tide of time”
Was the Titanic unsinkable? It was at the time but little did the owners thought that could have happened to its SHIP. Be prepared, fasten your seat belts and the people will work out who will come through unscathed as the incumbent YB.
Many people know many things. There are some who thinks they have all put together an application of indestructible and unpenetrable winning margins. Even the CIA or the Kremlin needs all the information and covert operatives that they need to succeed. If the ruling government depends on outside forces and not the Commander in Chiefs they will fail.
The commander in chief intent must be understood by his Supreme Councils in the component parties,decisions must be devolved to the lowest level to allow the frontliner grassroot members to exploit the opportunities to win the marginal war at the constituencies. Of course there are war rooms for all the parties involved but who RUNS it will determine the Indispensable One.
Golden Boy has shone but will ooo ha ooo ha ooooo ha regain the confidence for the Urban enclave. Tell me that his strategists are not watching over us and our writing, More are coming which will benefit for those who thinks they need help but be reminded NO ONE IS INDISPENSABLE.
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Loyalty.”No substitute”
When the chips are down your true friends will stick together with and by you. When good times roll the friends who are now enjoying the fruits of your labour will be dealt a BAD HAND in time to come if they conveniently forgets you.
Whatever comes around will go around and that is the basic understanding of how karma, the law of cause and effect, works.
My friends become your friends and your friends too will back stab you. An enemy will never even get near you.
There is still a flicker of hope and this is dedicated to the friends who have betrayed my trusts. BEWARE YOUR TIME WILL COME.
Vincent Tan,”Mischevious,Slanderous and Baseless Allegations”
I refer to Malaysiakini’s article of August 5, 2015 titled “Dr M’s cronies who aided Pakatan targeted.”
I wish to categorically deny the veracity of the statements in your article that I or my Berjaya Group have donated the millions and billions of ringgit to Pakatan Rakyat or opposition parties as suggested in your article.
It is obvious that the allegations are purely a figment of the writer’s imagination and were crafted for purposes of sensationalism that could well have the effect of souring the goodwill I and the Berjaya Group have with the government.
While you may claim that you are quoting from an open letter written by one Amin Yatim from the blog MyKMU.net, these are nevertheless mischievous, slanderous, and completely baseless allegations.
It is disheartening to note that these days, just about anybody can make use of the internet to spread lies and sensationalise baseless accusations for their own twisted agenda. A credible online news portal should have, and indeed have, a legal and moral duty to verify these stories before publishing them.
Malaysiakini made no attempt whatsoever to verify the truth of these scurrilous allegations with me or anyone at the Berjaya Group before you went to publication. I find this totally abhorrent and unprofessional from a supposedly well-regarded online news portal like Malaysiakini.
This is particularly so when your report stated that the DAP treasurer had dismissed the allegation that I had made such contributions and the PKR treasurer-general had also denied any knowledge of the matter. These denials should have raised questions on the veracity of the allegations and warranted further investigation on your part before the article was published.
Your article has caused much embarrassment to me personally and the Berjaya Group, and I have already received numerous calls from my friends and business associates regarding these allegations. I, personally, as well as the Berjaya Group, have many foreign business partners and such allegations will cause serious damage to my and the Berjaya Group’s image and trading reputation.
I hereby demand a public apology from Malaysiakini which is to be published immediately on your news portal without prejudice to any further action which I may take against Malaysiakini. I and the Berjaya Group reserve all our rights in this matter.
Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun
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