If 1MDB is a branch of Umno’s tree, then corruption is the trunk

DOJ suit issue just one branch on Umno’s tree, says info chief

Vijay47: In the entire jungle that is Umno, every tree is riddled with spores and blights, anthracnose and wetwood, and all manner of fatal diseases which fungicides cannot cure; the only treatment is to burn the entire forest before the nation itself is mortally infected.

You want to go on the offensive? Great. The many who have attacked your branches, leaves, fruits and even the trunk, take them all to court, sue them all. Show the world that Umno is healthy, unaffected by sickness, and show the world that Umno is meranti or belian, not lallang.

But be quick, the lumberjacks are coming, with their chainsaws.

Dont Just Talk: What do you expect with the comments coming from the Mara chairperson? They are all birds of the same feather with MO1 (Malaysian Official 1).

What is holding back MACC from charging the few Mara leaders who were involved in the Melbourne commercial property scandal, where A$31 million was paid for it when the market price was A$22 million?

Umno information chief Annuar Musa, the current issue is that US$3.5 billion has been stolen from Malaysian people and your boss, MO1, has been mentioned 36 timesby US Department of Justice (DOJ) as a person of interest, and fools like you fail to see the implication of it.

Clever Voter: Justification for the crime doesn’t equal to innocence. So many excuses and reasons have been made. Whether the money taken been spent on buying loyalty or to sponsor lavish lifestyle, these culprits must remember these are against rule of law.

It doesn’t matter whether they have twisted the rules to justify the cause. Ultimately, it’s the society that has to bear the cost.

Kim Quek: Annuar is wrong. The 1MDB crime is not one branch of the Umno tree. It is the tree trunk, which is rotten to the core. We have no alternative but to chop down the whole tree.

Roguekiller: Indeed, unfortunately, it is not the branch or the fruit that is affected, it is the trunk (your party president) that is plagued with all sorts of diseases and infecting other trees.

What would you do, Annuar? You fell the affected tree to save the forest?

But if you do that and you would be written off like former Umno deputy president Muhyiddin Yassin.

Mushiro: Annuar said the party would not be too concerned to discuss one single branch or fruit of the Umno tree – then why even talk about it? Are they trying to psyche themselves?

And I wonder which branch of the tree they are talking about.

Is it 1MDB’s RM$42 billion scandal, RM2.6 billion donation, SRC’s RM42 million in PM Najib Razak’s account, stepson Riza Aziz’s assets in DOJ’s civil suit, Jho Low or is it GST, Altantuya Shariibuu, National Feedlot Corporation, wife Rosmah Mansor’s diamond ring, her shopping sprees, Berkin bags, etc?

Anonymous 2415891461978791: Yes, let us talk about the current issue happening in the country by all means – the regime defending the Umno culture of corruption and the criminally corrupt PM, the civil liberties of all Malaysians have been all but lost, as the nation is piloted toward an authoritarian despotism.

Jaycee: So it does not matter this one branch on the tree itself involves billions of dollars in allegedly stolen taxpayers’ money?

So just sweep it under the rug and pretend it did not happen? You cannot argue with stupidity.

Demi Rakyat: 1MDB is the root of Umno. It represents the alleged taking and stealing money from the rakyat and that by the Umno president.

You know what they say, once the root is decayed the whole tree is no longer useful and you should be chopped down.

Anonymous_1371479577: I would be interested to see what an offensive battle of perception looks like?

The best strategy is to actively sue the foreign press and even take on the DOJ and proof them wrong. But they may have missed the boat.

Perak Boleh: Cancer started with a small tumour in the human body and spread to other parts until it kills the affected person unless it is removed early. If Umno is to survive, it must remove the diseased branch immediately.

David: The 1MDB suit brought about by DOJ may be a branch of your sickening Umno tree as you wish to refer it to, but 1MDB is killing the country, causing misery and hardship to the people.

Where have all the billions in GST taxes collected over the 17 months gone to? We seriously don’t care a damn about your diseased Umno tree, in fact Malaysians need to uproot this tree for the country to survive and seek a better tomorrow for our younger generations.

Ipohcrite: If one of your arms is gangrenous, wouldn’t you be concerned? Or do you wait until the entire body is, before you act? Go figure.

I Wonder?: My friend, the rot is not at the branch or fruit, it is right at the main root.

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