written by Semuaok, December 16, 2009 14:27:37
Sorry RPK wrong topic but interesting
Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times Review
Mahathir may well have wasted or burned up as much as RM100 billion
Mahathir, to attempt to rescue Bumiputra Malaysia Finance in the early 1980s which turned into what at the time was the world’s biggest banking scandal.
He allowed those around him to pillage the national treasury almost at will, which carried over into Umno after he had left office and which blights the country to this day.
Dr Mahathir’s decision to direct the ruling party into business in a major way while the government practiced affirmative action, changed the nature of the party and accelerated the spread of corruption. One manifestation was the eruption of successive financial scandals, massive by any standards, which nevertheless left Dr Mahathir unfazed and unapologetic.
Mahathir must bear the blame for much of this, in particular his destruction of an independent judiciary
Mahathir continued display a public antipathy on general principles at the Americans while his jungle was crawling with US troops quietly training for jungle warfare.
He has presented himself as a bundle of contradictions: a Malay champion who was the Malays’ fiercest critic and an ally of Chinese.
The disdain of his fellow Malays (Mahathir’s parentage is partly Indian Muslim on his father’s side), especially the Malay royalty.
The last paragraph (bold face) is the most interesting. Read it a few times if you don’t get it. Now I start to understand why Malay, UMNO and Malaysia are in such a bad shape.
Mahathew it’s about time you show your real face and Mati Sake Party is looking for a Indian leader.
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