October 9, 2012
Dr. Mahathir evaded questions on Rogue Currency Trader, Nor Mohamed Yakcop
by Lee Long Hui 5:05PM Oct 9, 2012 @http://www.malaysiakini.com
Former Premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad evaded questions on why Nor Mohamed Yakcop was promoted over the years, when he was allegedly responsible for the loss of RM5.7 billion through foreign exchange trading when in Bank Negara in the early 1990s.
Questioned by reporters at an event to mark the National Heart Institute’s 20th anniversary today, Mahathir, in a self-deprecating tone, said he is “nyanyuk”or senile.
“The opposition will bring up any issue.You see now they are going after me. Also, I am nyanyuk, so why people (do) want to ask me? You look at me, I’m nyanyuk so I can’t answer your question,” he said.
The DAP’s Petaling Jaya Utara Tony Pua had yesterday described Mahathir as “senile”, in denying the latter’s claim that a vote for Pakatan Rakyat would be a vote for billionaire George Soros.
Two weeks ago, Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng had asked Deputy Finance Minister Donald Lim in Parliament to explain Soros had been vilified as a rogue currency speculator, while Nor Mohamed (right) had been given a promotion.
Nor Mohamed joined Bank Negara in 1968 and eventually headed the foreign exchange unit. He resigned in 1994 for a short stint in the corporate world before returning to Bank Negara in 1998, where he spent another two years.
He became Mahathir’s Special Economic Adviser after the latter took over the finance portfolio, and was subsequently appointed Second Finance Minister during Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s tenure as Premier.
Nor Mohamed is currently a Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge of the Economic Planning Unit, and a member of the National Economic Advisory Council. He had previously declined to comment on the forex losses.
Is a surprise that Mahathir evaded questions on the rogue Bank Negara currency trader, Nor Mohamed Yakcop? I am not because Mahathir always protects his men for acting on his instructions. Ask Badawi why he appointed Nor Mohamed as Second Finance Minister, if you like and that sleepy head will say he too is “nyanyuk”. But it is more pertinent. I think, to ask Prime Minister Najib why he is retaining this character as a Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department.–Din Merican
Saya adalah anak Kedah, dari Pekan Kodiang. Lama saya kenal Dr. Mahathir sebagai Mahapenipu.Putar belit orang India punya tak sama dengan dia punya goreng. Orang Kedah telah dijual oleh orang ini atas tujuan untuk membela nasib orang Melayu. Apabila dia gagal, dia kata “Melayu mudah lupa”. Cukup bijak tetapi kita bukan bodoh.
Ini satu tulisan peminat Dr Mahathir yang begitu lucu untuk bacaan kita semua:
Mahathir lawan Soros
“Kenyataan Dr Mahathir semakin hari semakin bizarre. Orang Melayu kata macam buang tebiat. Sewel, biul dan merapu. Terbaru Dr Mahathir berkata mengundi Pakatan Rakyat bererti mengundi Soros dan mengundi Soros bererti penaklukan semula. Re-colonization.
Makna nya kalau Anwar PM- maka Soros dibelakang nya. Haji Hadi, Kit Siang semua menjadi antek neo-kolonialisme. Begitu? Rakyat Malaysia yang 29 juta ini apa pula? Anak kambing? Who are you trying to kid DR Mahathir? ( kid =anak kambing). Keluarga Shahrizat anggap kita lembu. Mahathir anggap kita anak kambing.
Siapa Soros? Kita tahu dia seorang yang kaya dan membuat pelaburan melalui beberapa syarikat milik nya terutama flagship company nya- Quantum Funds. Dia guna kekayaan nya untuk membantu pertubuhan dan gerakan2 mendapat kemerdekaan. Dia juga seorang dermawan yang terkemuka membantu rakyat yang buta huruf, kebuluran dan yang ditimpa mala petaka.
Dr Mahathir kata dia tak bagus dan penyangak. Tapi jutaan rakyat dalam negara yang duduk dibawah pemerintah yang zalim menganggap Soros sebagai anugerah Tuhan kepada mereka.
Kepada Dr Mahathir Soros penyangak. Tapi Dr Mahathir menulis suatu surat kepada Soros dengan nada yang merayu rayu ajak berjumpa untuk menyelesaikan masaalah ekonomi secara bersama. Kalau Soros ini jahat mengapa Dr Mahathir tulis surat kepada Soros dan kemudian nya berjumpa? Boleh jadi inilah agaknya maksud lebih baik berkawan dengan syaitan yang dikenali daripada malaikat yang tidak dikenali. Syaitan mesti kenal geng seangkatan dengan nya. Dan bukan sahaja Mahathir jumpa Soros- beberapa menteri Malaysia pun turut bersalaman dengan Soros. Kalau tak jumpa manakan boleh berjabat tangan?
Apa masaalah Dr Mahathir ini sebenarnya? Siapa yang beri dia otoriti untuk menentukan orang ini baik untuk Malaysia atau tidak? Setiap hari Dr Mahathir walaupun bukan lagi PM kita, insults our intelligence. rakyat bukan wanita Kemas atau anggota RELA. Ini bukan zaman Dr Mahathir ketika informasi dan maklumat bergerak sehala sahaja- dari dia kepada kita kita. Pada masa itu, apa cakap Mahathir semesti lah benar. Sekarang keadaan berubah.
Kita dapat membentuk kefahaman dan pemikiran sendiri. Kita ucap terima kasihlah kepada Dr Mahathir- tapi biarlah kita rakyat Malaysia yang buat keputusan dan putuskan fikiran. Tak perlu Dr Mahathir. kita dah beri dia 22 tahun. Apa lagi yang dia mahu?
Dr Mahathir kata Soros jahat. Soros kata, Dr Mahathir is a menace to his own country. dan saya boleh senaraikan 1001 alasan dan keterangan untuk menyokong kenyataan Soros. Dr Mahathir pun is equally jahat punya orang.
Kita tak tahu apa masaalah Mahathir dengan Soros. Adalah sedikit orang kenal dengan nama Soros yang Dr Mahathir kata sebagai punca krisis ekonomi dunia suatu masa dahulu. Di Malaysia, Dr Mahathir menuduh Soros sebagai punca krsis kejatuhan nilai Ringgit yang mencederakan ekonomi Malaysia suatu ketika dahulu. Tapi pada masa itu, Dr Mahathir menyalahkan apa2 sahaja didepan mata termasuk tiang lampu TNB. Tapi kita tahu punca sebenarnya ekonomi Malaysia jadi kelam kabut adalah akibat dasar2 ekonomi yang dilaksanakan oleh Dr Mahathir sendiri. Apa yang terjadi kepada Malaysia pada ketika itu adalah akibat pembetulan kuasa pasaran kepada ketamakan dan penyelewengan dasar ekonomi Dr. Mahathir.
Dr Mahathir yang berkelahi dengan Soros rakyat tak tahu pun. Dr Mahathir kelahi dengan semua orang. Dia kelahi dengan Musa Hitam. Dia sabotaj Tengku Razali. Dia kencing Ghafar Baba. Dia kelahi dengan Anwar Ibrahim. kalau dia kelahi dengan satu orang, mungkin orang terima boleh jadi yang berkelahi dengan Mahathir lah yang bersalah dan jahat. Tapi kalau Dr.Mahathir kelahi dengan ramai orang- there must be something wrong with Dr Mahathir. sebetulnya dengan Najib pun Mahathir kelahi tapi adalah seorang dua yang mengawal Dr Mahathir. agaknya, negara akan selamat dari gangguan Mahathir bila dia sudah tiada.
Rakyat bukan inginkan neo kolonilisme. Rakyat mahukan keadilan dan perubahan. Rakyat menolak UMNO . itu sahaja. Tak perlulah Dr Mahathir mengaitkan gelombang kebangkitan rakyat dengan ejen2 luar negara. Dr Mahathir ni hidup dalam dunia paranoia yang berterusan atau dunia schizophrenia kah? Rakyat tidak gila, tapi mereka mahu membebaskan diri dari orang yang gila kuasa. Yang gila kuasa sekarang ialah Najib dan gerombolan UMNO.
Sekarang rakyat menolak UMNO bukan menyokong Soros. Isiu peribadi antara mereka berdua, biarlah Dr Mahathir sendiri selesaikan. Kita tak tahu pun apa yang Soros akan lakukan yang akan membawa kepada kolonisasi kepada rakyat Malaysia. Yang kita tahu ialah, pada waktu ini, gelombang kesedaran rakyat ialah menolak UMNO dan agenda parti tersebut untuk menghamba-abdikan orang Melayu dan bangsa Malaysia. Soros ada atau tidak, rakyat tetap diatas gelombang menolak UMNO yang rasuah dan pembelot!
Agenda rakyat sekarang bukan menyokong Soros tapi menolak UMNO. Sejak tahun 1981, Dr Mahathir, lebih daripada orang lain, menerbalikkan UMNO- kaki diatas, kepala dibawah. UMNO tidak lagi dilihat sebagai wadah membawa perubahan- tapi wadah mengukuhkan kuasa golongan elit menakluk pemikiran orang Melayu. Dalam zaman Mahathir lah, orang Melayu diajar berkelahi sesama sendiri- abang lawan adik, ibu lawan ayah, adik beradik bertelagah dan benci membenci.
Itulah yang agenda yang dibawa oleh UMNO Mahathir. Dalam zaman Mahathirlah, orang Melayu diajar kurang ajar terhadap agama Islam. Islam dipersenda dan diejek oleh orang Melayu sendiri. Kalau hukum Islam dijalankan, ramai rakyat Malaysia akan kudung; orang Islam tidak bercukur kerana tidak ada pisau cukur. Kalau rejam batu, maka Malaysia kehabisan batu.
Jadi, apa yang dilambangkan oleh pemerintahan UMNO ciptaan Dr Mahathir? UMNO Mahathir lah yang sebenarnya melambangkan penjajahan keatas bangsa sendiri. Penjajah lama diganti dengan penjajah baru dan kemuncak penjajahan dan penaklukan keatas bangsa Melayu dimulakan oleh Dr Mahathir.
Malu kita terutama penyokong UMNO mahu mempertahankan kenyataan yang bizzare dan tidak masuk akal. Ini suatu lagi contoh kenyataan yang sengaja dikeluarkan untuk menakutkan orang Melayu. Macam lah UMNO sahaja yang boleh menjaga orang Melayu dan negara ini.–SakmongkolAK47
If Mahathir is nyanyuk,how does he become Ling Leong Sik defence witness.He makes a fool of himself.
Nor Yakcop not only he destroyed BNM,he also destroyed two Bumi business empire i.e.Halim Saad and Tajuddin Ramli.
He is retained by Najib because Najib too is trully nyanyuk . The country is run by a bunch of Dad’s Army nyanyuk and the rakyat are the suckers for electing them to office
Orang Malaya, apa komen hang tentang Mahapenipu ini?
Syabas Ali Kodiang, hang dah kupas segala galanya yang patut diketahui rakyat tentang Dr Mahathir ni dalam pergaduhannya dengan Soros.
Soros dijadikan alasan atau buat sebab sahaja.
Kesalahan Mahathir tak pun di kemukakan dan Mahathir sendiri tak mahu mengaku yang dia dah buat banyak kesilapan dan kesalahan semasa menjadi PM Malaysia selama 22 tahun.
The Old Goat is at his best again. When cornered he pleaded selective amnesia to protect his buddy Nor Mohamed Yakcop. See also his trademark manipulation when declaring that Ling Liong Sik did not cheat him and the Cabinet in the PKFZ scandal.
Not bad for an 87 yearold wily Old Goat who thinks he can outfox the foxes. But the Old Goat and UMNO/BN no longer have an unchallenenged monopoly on information as before where they excelled in brain-washing and subjugating most citizens.
The political landscape has transformed tremendously favouring those who question his continued motive of scapegoating others for things that went wrong.
The Old Goat is his own worst enemy for the wrong-headed economic policy of promoting cronynism as a short-cut purpotedly to give the majority bumiputras the corresponding slice of the economic pie that he declared they deserved. The truth is this affirmative-action was manipulated for his own economic and political ends during the 22-year rule to favour a handful of his and UMNO trustees and cronies.
Worse is that this practice effectively robbed the majority of Bumiputras of the real meaning of hard work and consequently forfieted the own chances at being truly independent to determine their own fate.
Who destroyed the independence of the judiciary?
Who dismantled our check and balance system?
Who started negotiated contracts from where most abuse of power and corruption arise?
These issues (and many others) are getting increasing attention and people want credible explanation. Instead of getting honest appraisal, they are mostly getting spins and denials which drove them to on-line portals and AM. No matter what antics the Old Goat is throwing to distract from these fundamental issues, the people are no longer easily fooled.
The UNMO/BN days are numbered.
As long as you are on the same page with those rogue politicians, you are well protected even they know you are laughing your` way to the bank.They have eyes but they see nothing but not on political foes. They are as sharp as the eyes of an eagle.
Why do people continue to insult Octo by calling him Senile? He’s not! He’s staying current and on top, whatever his detractors say. Look at how dapper he is – really, he looks much more controlled, leaner and fitter than Michelin Jibs! His ticker won’t give up even though it may voided it’s warranty. Not like Proton.
He reminisces about the ‘good ole times’ and tries to edify us ungrateful, ineducable and recalcitrant morons with his most awesome genius which harks back to halcyon days of the chettiar. Let him share his ‘Pearls of Wisdom’, wit and cynicism. After all, Patriarchs are so important in any religion. In this case, UMNOism.
So by now, it you guys should know that N.M.Yakop is another sagacious prophet genius, by UMNO’s definition. Stop lah, insulting genii.. It’s not good for your blood pressure and libido.
Enough of the Old Goat and his ramblings. He continues to spin and you guys continue to give him his fifteen minutes of fame. Calling him nyanyok or senile plays right into his hands. He can now plead memory lapses. Put the Old Goat on the stand and make him take the oath he will have to answer questions asked. He cannot remain silent when asked. He lies and he commits perjury. He gives half-truths then the other half can be extracted from him through cross. Good luck to him after that.
Of course he wont answer because he was behind every thing.
Every day he speaks or ‘doesnt” conveniently , is another day the BN is in trouble.
On the witness stand and under oath the Old Goat will have to answer.
Short of incriminating himself against which he is protected.
This maha penipu nyanyuk ?
who is nor M– is he a cow?? i dont remember — correct correct.. he is incapable of cheating- he lost billions.. oops – same story by a old singer.. change the song n singer n listen to a new song– of HOPE n real change– of a better life n no missing cows ,, a clean system .. so all voters lets change the old system..
Sharizat is now on the witness stand being crossed by Ranjit Singh as counsel. Good thing it is not Bendover Singh. After Bendover Tok Cik will have nothing left to work on.