I fully support UMNO veterans who declare that it is treason to defend 1MDB scandal mastermind Jho Low who had caused Malaysia to be scorned worldwide as a global kleptocracy.

The question is whether the Prime Minister and UMNO President Datuk Seri Najib Razak support this view.

Recently, we have the Minister for Communications and Multimedia, Datuk Salleh Said Keruak who said that there is no evidence the billion-ringgit luxury superyacht Equanimity seized by the Indonesian authorities in Bali recently is owned by Jho Low and the Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Fuzi Harun who made an even more startling statement that there is “nothing to link Jho Low with IMDB”.

Umno Veterans Club secretary Mustapha Yaakub has said that a sane Umno leader would never support Jho Low, much less “love” the man.

According to Sinar Harian Onlne today, the UMNO Veterans Club is of the view that it is treason to defend Jho Low because the businessman is at the root of the 1Malaysia Development Bhd scandal and has caused the government to be dragged into the mud.

Would the UMNO Veterans Club declare the Communications and Multimedia Minister and the Inspector-General of Police as “traitors” because of the statements they made about Jho Low?

(Media Statement in Gelang Patah on Saturday, 17th March 2018)