Developments are coming fast and furious on the 1MDB saga after the Malaysian ruling party lost to the opposition a few weeks ago. It was a proud moment in a democratic country where citizens rallied together to make it a point to vote out a corrupt regime without violence, saying that enough is enough.
With the ex-PM at the forefront, Tun Mahathir made history which all Malaysians should henceforth remember that it was Malaysia Boleh! and the start of a hopefully brighter future.
While we watched from across the border over the past 10 years as the morally corrupted BN party systematically rob the country of its funds, its citizens feeling helpless to do anything. (Trump and GOP, you watching this??) Country after country provided evidence of wrongdoing but within the country, they still managed to shut out the truth and blindside all opposition. Malaysia has a history of ignoring what the world is saying and doing since the Asian Financial crisis of the 1990s, being very sceptical of external influences.
How the cookie crumbles now! The floodgates have opened… Frenemies are now declaring open season on the losing party. Witnesses are urgently volunteering new information to protect their asses. I cannot believe how things have changed so suddenly.
Najib is screwed big time from all angles. The raids on a few of his houses was an Imelda Marcos moment. 300 designer bags (Birkin sales tomorrow?) discovered together with so much cold hard cash which took days to count (MYR 120 mio so far in 27 currencies #$%%#!! ) was simply amazing. We have not even valued the jewellery and watches yet. Officials had to send itemized handbag lists to Hermes to get help on the valuation. I thought only Italian Mafia bosses store such quantities of wealth at home. Or was it Escobar in the Narcos show? This can turn out to be fantastic script material for a great future Netflix TV show called “Rosmah & me” (Face-palm moment).
People who have been removed previously from positions of power while investigating 1MDB are now being reappointed to open the investigations again. Stories of bribery to keep quiet and of getting a bullet in the mail as a final warning reads like a thriller novel. We have not even gotten to the part of the murdered Mongolian model whose body was blown up by explosives and the subsequent disappearance of the executors.
Najib seems to be in a world of his own. He looks oblivious to the crazy amount of mounting evidence against him even after 2 questioning sessions. Market talk is that wife Rosmah is heavily into bomoh black magic and has been putting him under her spell for a long time. The papers had a write up of her last week. She has a masters degree (real?) and was still quite pretty in her late thirties photo. But too much botox and plastic surgery procedures that went wrong made her look like a witch now. Even her eldest daughter has written a scathing piece on social media, asking them to repent their evil ways.
Will Najib suddenly wake up from his fairy tale dream and that the enormity of his situation will hit him like a brick wall and turn him mad? So much juicy details still coming out. Stay tuned.
I was busy this week with my monthly trip to Yangon for the consultancy role and 2 evening classes while rushing to complete a project proposal submission. Time flies and the June school holidays have started. We will be having a short well deserved overseas break soon but without the older son as he continues to serve the country in OCS.
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