Even ‘blood money’ not spared from corruption?

Abu Sayyaf received only RM8.8m in ransom?

6th Generation Immigrant: How many sides are there to a Malaysian coin? Only God knows.

Family: We handed RM12 million to the Special Branch and the family did not keep even a single cent they collected. IGP: No ransom was ever paid to secure the release of the kidnapped victims.

DPM: The money was donated to Islamic organisations in the Philippines. IGP: I categorially deny the SB received any of the ransom.

What the DPM meant in his statement was that there was a third party (but Islamic organisations in the Philippines one must guess here) involvement as the police never agrees to deal with and in ransom.

Manila Times: Abu Sayaf only received RM8.8 million in ransom.

So which sides of the coin does our Malaysian leaders fit into. Now, and obviously, we know that ransom was indeed paid but some of the monies were siphoned or leaked in the transaction process.

The DPM and IGP surely must now come out with a joint, better and a more believable crafted, press release to redeem our Malaysian integrity.

Odin Tajué: The lack of forthrightness and of brilliance in many of those in authority in Malaysia have been amply demonstrated in this episode.

What the home minister and the IGP (inspector-general of police) have said is already well known. Perhaps less known is the fact that the deputy home minister has three days ago urged the public and families of the four Sarawakians abducted to douse the spotlight on the RM12 million raised for the release of the foursome.

His reason was that discussion on the money could invite more kidnapping. “When you reveal that such a sum can be raised,” he explained, “about RM3 million for each hostage, then you are encouraging them to go and kidnap again.”

But the foursome was released 11 days before he made that statement. Therefore, the Abu Sayyaf already knew how much was raised for the ransom. Enough said.

Doc: The Jews may be famed with being the best bankers and scientists in the world. The Germans may be famed with being masters of engineering. The Americans, famous for being innovators and leaders.

The Thais are famed for their food. Singaporeans are famed for constantly evolving. The Swiss are famed for being neutral. The Afghans for being fearless fighters after centuries of pretty much; fighting.

The Greeks gave us democracy. The Indians are known for thriving under chaos hence are the best in the fields of medicine and business.

The Chinese are known to learn fast and in getting good at pretty much everything. The Kenyans are known for endurance. The Brazilians are known for partying and football.

The Aussies are known for trying to be unique. Russians are proud. UAE and Qatar gave us opulence. Iraq was famous for being the cradle of civilisation.

Sadly, at the rate it is going, the Malaysians may be labelled as the most shameless people around, not thanks to those despicable few Malaysians in power.

Anonymous_4056: How could legitimate and religiously sanctioned organisations accepted such haram money in the holy month of Ramadan? y they are eternally cursed and condemned for causing tremendous sorrow and pain.

Fair&Just: Taking haram money full of tears (the families pleaded for donations), blood and sweat (savings and loan of hard-earned money) and graciousness (donors’ sincerity abused) and resultant bad evil karma shall be multiplied many times in the holy month of Ramadan.

Roger 5201: If indeed no ransom was paid to Abu Sayyaf as claimed, then the donations meant for Abu Sayyaf should have been returned to the donors.

Anonymous 2362021442199789: A toxic corruption-oriented environment has encompassed the whole country, so much so that even ‘blood money’ paid as ransom to save the lives of the kidnapped Malaysian youths was not spared.

Most of the ransom money was raised through donations by generous and compassionate souls and the sacrifices of the family members.

They must be disgusted with the thieving fingers that helped themselves, probably with the self-justification as reward for playing the role of intermediaries. This is what happens when corruption becomes a way of life.

Sabahan: Since the corruption does not involve opposition politicians, there is no need to investigate further. The investigators can now go to sleep as it is a Malaysian culture,

Myrights: This is stupid and endanger the lives of other kidnapping victims. We should stop all this nonsense before more people are killed. Now the Abu Sayyaf kidnappers will be even aggressive.

There are times to be loud and there are times to be silent. This is the wrong time to talk about how much was paid or not.

I don’t condone corruption but the bigger enemy here is Abu Sayyaf. I hope newly elected Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is as good as he claims and wipe them out completely before they kidnap more innocent people.

Spinnot: By kidnapping four Malaysians, the terrorists/criminals received the equivalent of three first prizes in front of Malaysian lottery.

The “middleman” pocketed RM2 million which is equivalent to two second prize. With such handsome “return”, I expect more kidnappings in the future.

Anonymous_3e86: As usual, the stories from the BN government don’t add up. Now we know why….

Boeyks: The RM3.2 million missing from the pay-off could be Sarawakian pies that had been deposited into somebody personal bank account without him knowing it. Sounds familiar?

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