Will Hishammuddin be the first Minister in the last Najib Cabinet to admit that the international 1MDB corruption and money-laundering scandal is not fake news, concoction by his political enemies or international conspiracy to topple Najib but “kleptocracy at its worst” which plunged Malaysia into infamy and ignominy as a global kleptocracy


A Malaysiakini reader asked whether Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein thinks he is a James Bond with a “very particular set of skills” to hunt down 1MDB-linked businessperson Jho Low in China.

Hishammuddin’s offer to track down fugitive financier Jho Low in China to see closure o to the 1MDB case is indeed intriguing.

In the first place, will Jho Low’s return to Malaysia result in the closure of the 1MDB scandal?

What is more intriguing is whether Hishammuddin will be the first Minister in the last Najib Cabinet to admit that the international 1MDB corruption and money-laundering scandal is not a fake news, concoction by his political enemies or an international conspiracy to topple Datuk Seri Najib Razak, the sixth Prime Minster of Malaysia, but was “kleptocracy at its worst” and which plunged Malaysia into infamy and ignominy as a global kleptocracy.

If Hishammuddin wants to see a closure to the 1MDB case, and justice done, shouldn’t he be offering proper advice to his cousin, Najib?

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Parliament on Tuesday, 23rd October 2018)

  1. #1 by Bigjoe on Tuesday, 23 October 2018 - 6:30 pm

    Do not get it why so many people have so much to say about Hishamuddin offer..Whether he can or not, on his own or not, does it really matter?

    It it an admission of 1MDB scandal? Of course it is. Is it break with Najib? The break started to happen when Hishamuddin declined to run for UMNO office and was official when he met with Mahathir. Clearly Hishamuddin want to redeem himself if he can given he was fully part of Najib’s cabinet and UMNO/BN leadership. Its completely rational.

    Its actually those that continue to deny the scandal, cannot put failed ways of UMNO behind – those are not normal by any measure. A grandfather that still is arrogant when his own 9-yr old grandaughter behave badly, expose to danger no less by his own similarly attitude daugther – that is not normal..

    45 criminal charges and there are those still arguing about Zahid Hamidi should go on leave or not, when resignation is the only logical medicine – those people are not normal..

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