TheRealTamrinGhafarBaba

      Mahathir had always claimed that it has never been his intention to create a “legacy” in the local scene. He had numerously touched on the subject of his children’s massive wealth, for example, as one that is as a result of hard work than the affiliation with the family name itself. But the reality is hard to ignore when the accumulated wealth of Mirzan, Mokhzani and Marina totals up to more the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of over a hundred countries.     For example, the Sarawak state government in 1994 gave logging approval of around 1,000 hectares of timber to TANJUNG TIARA SDN BHD. Who was the lucky owner of Tanjung Tiara? No other than Mukhriz Mahathir, who not only a shareholder of Tanjung Tiara – but also served as its chairman.   More details at – https://www.sarawakreport.org/2019/08/j-c-fong-claims-sarawak-report-shielded-mukriz-mahathir-in-astonishing-slur-against-pms-family-exclusive/ https://www....

In recent days Raja Petra and Datuk Seri Najib have been posting some interesting articles on their social media platforms. https://www.malaysia-today.net/2020/07/05/dr-mahathirs-rm200-billion-business-empire-before-1mdb/   &   https://www.facebook.com/157851205951/posts/10157183319445952/   These articles are about the most successful businessman ever to live in Malaysia but many Malaysians still don’t know much of this business empire, while some were not even born yet at that era. Before we analyse the details of this man’s business empire let’s quickly fast forward to the recent Pakatan Harapan’s 22-month reign of incompetence after the GE14. During this period we saw the emergence of former New Straits Times editor A KADIR JASIN - who often would chime in as his capacity as the Media Advisor for the coalition. Long before he became a media advisor, Kadir Jasin has been a proxy for the most hard-working billionaire businessman of Malaysia. As...

As more talk about the potential return of a Mahathir-led government, this will go well for all who wish for a return of the elected government that came into fruition on 9 May 2018. But before that happens, we have to be aware of the dangers that another Mahathir-led government would mean for everyday Malaysians – more worryingly another round of crony capitalism for the “ elite few”.   This of course is not new. Mahathir ’ s first tenure as Prime Minister was characterised by “ bumiputera capitalism ” - the brutal genesis which culminated into the whole monster that was called 1MDB. Through himself, Daim Zainuddin and his protege Anwar Ibrahim, prior to Anwar’s downfall in September 1998 – massive swathes of public assets were privatized including multi-billion projects such as the North-South Highway, water and sewerage, the Bakun dam, Light Rail Transit System and the National Train Service (KTM).   Looking back, these “ wealth creation” only bene...