AG, can I give the traffic cop some donations, too?

Late Saudi king’s son is RM2.6b donor, says Apandi

Doc: “He (attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali) also insisted that the motive behind the donation is not important, and such a donation is not illegal under Malaysian law.”

Does this mean that when a cop pulls me over for speeding to give me a compound, can I give the cop a RM50 bill as a donation to offset the compound?

After all, the AG says donations are not illegal under Malaysian law and the motive behind such donations is not important.

MinahBulat: Apandi, under that Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act “gratification” means “money, donation, gift, loan, fee, reward, valuable security, property or interest in property being property of any description whether movable or immovable, financial benefit, or any other similar advantage”.

It is clear that donation comes under the meaning of gratification as defined by the Act. To dismiss it as easily as you did makes you look incompetent.

GE14Now!: AG, you might argue that there is no law that says that the receipt of a donation from a foreign source is illegal and we will have to accept that there is a deficiency in our law.

That said, how many times have Umno politicians claimed that the DAP and other opposition parties are not suitable to rule or are not patriotic because they have taken money from foreign donors? Where is the moral justice in this situation then?

But there are other problems with this situation. The chief fundraiser says that it is a donation. The Saudis have apparently disputed that. In this case, there are laws governing foreign investments, are there not?

And, of course, the Swiss also tell us that there is misappropriation of money. All of these are linked with 1MDB and invariable to one man, the chief fundraiser, and with his private bank accounts. The PM has a credibility deficit as do you, Mr AG.

Victor Johan: Apandi said: “Why are people asking for the reason of the donation? You have to ask the donor. He has billions in his coffers. (If) he wanted to give the money, what’s the problem?”

Yes, we will just have to ask the donor. But first, please tell us more about this donor and give us his contact details, phone number and e-mail address.

Saya Pun Nak Cari Makan: The motive of the “donation” is definitely important if the recipient is the PM.

By receiving such a huge sum will certainly make the PM feel obliged to the donor, and what the donor wants in return can be detrimental to the interest of the country.

No one gives such huge sum for nothing and this is the reason why the people want to know the motive of the “donation”.

Apandi, your answer is naive. If a person has billions, certainly there is no problem for him to give away RM2.6 billion, but it is certainly a big problem if the recipient is a PM, regardless of its purpose.

Basically: Bravo, AG. This shows one of two things. That it took the government’s three agencies, two task forces and a silent PM six months to reveal that the donor is “xxx”.

Which doesn’t speak well of your efficiency. Or, that it took six months for the authorities to cook this up. Which doesn’t speak well of your innocence.

Either way, such a simpleton’s excuse, which was predicted by PKR if I recall, way back last year, only means one thing – you think we are all brain-dead and retarded, which is rather insulting to those who pay your salaries.

And yes, we know just because it’s a donation doesn’t make it legal. I can steal all your money, give it to someone and have him “donate” it to my bank account.

Let’s see how the Income Revenue Board will buy my story when they come asking me how I bought my brand-new Ferrari on a RM3,000 salary.

SusahKes: Why are you still using the word “donation”, when the Saudi foreign minister told the New York Times that he did not think it was a donation but an “investment”?

Since when did an investment transform into a donation? But then again, this is Bolehland, right?

The script gets improvised as we go along; in the beginning, we were told the money was to help us deal with the Islamic State (that was even before IS came into being). Next, we were told it was to stave off DAP’s influence.

After that, came the story that it was for GE13. And the latest, it became funds to counter the Muslim Brotherhood’s influence.

Indeed, how do you expect us to believe you and Najib, when it took almost six months, to only now to tell us that the source was the late Saudi king’s son?

How difficult was it for Najib to inform his Umno inner circle, including the ex-DPM (who confirmed that he had no knowledge), of the transaction?

Appum: If it is an investment, why is it credited into the personal account of Najib? Does this mean the Saudi prince is using Najib as a proxy to invest for him or on his behalf?

Can a PM of this country or any country do such things? What are the implications for such a kind of favoured investment route?

If there is such an investment, isn’t it procedure and protocol that the investor be referred to authorities like the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA), who are the experts in helping such an investor?

Is the PM so free to do or carry out the investments for this prince personally? In that case, all the foreign big-time investors will like Najib to be their personal investment manager. Can he do that?

You see, the fact that the money was channelled into his personal account is really the root of the problem. No amount of excuses and explanation can right this wrong.

Spirit of Malaya: A precedent has been set and it is now open season for all the crooks in the world to clean their dirty money in Malaysia.

What a sad ending to the illustrious career of our Bank Negara governor – once recognised as the best central banker in Asia.

SusahKes: In New Zealand, a minister resigned because he incorrectly claimed two bottles of wine, which were personal expenses, under the government’s credit card.

In Australia, the House speaker resigned because she claimed A$6,000 for her flight expenses. Imagine that!

Seriously, what a joke this has turned into. Oh, wait a minute, I forgot that we are way past that; we’ve already entered the loony bin stage.

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