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23 Feb 2017

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Madinah’s presence at Umno do raises eyebrows

PKR has questioned if newly appointed auditor-general Madinah Mohamad’s presence at several Umno functions have compromised her independence.

Party communications director Fahmi Fadzil today produced photographs depicting Madinah at several Umno-linked events and posed this question.

Madinah’s husband Rizuan Abdul Hamid is the Kepong Umno division head.

“I feel it is necessary to ask this question, especially after looking at media reports mentioning Madinah.

“In the reports, she and other guests were photographed in front of several mock cheques with the Umno logo in Permatang Pauh,” Fahmi said at a press conference at the PKR headquarters today.

He said the matter raised the question of whether a senior government official should attend political programmes, what more to pose for photographs with party logos.
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In a report in April last year, The Star said Madinah, as Education Ministry secretary-general, attended the launch of a Permatang Pauh Umno funded programme on “Steering youths from drug abuse”.

And on Jan 3, Umno-owned daily Utusan Malaysia reproted that Madinah launched a programme for the distribution of aid to students by Yayasan Kepong, along with her husband.

“Yayasan Kepong is an proxy of Kepong Umno, as can be seen in the Facebook pages of Taman Kepong Umno branch and the blog Sangkakalajari.

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21 Feb 2017

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Rafizi cites PMO letter on bankruptcy, Madinah’s husband explains

Certain quarters have cast aspersion on the appointment of Madinah Mohamad as the next auditor-general due to her husband having gone on record to state he would sacrifice his life for Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

PKR lawmaker Rafizi Ramli recalled a letter he had exposed on social media last May from the Prime Minister’s Office to the Malaysian Building Society Berhad (MBSB), which relates to Madinah’s husband Rizuan Abdul Hamid.

Rizuan, who is also Kepong Umno division chief, admitted that Najib did in fact attempt to assist him in settling his RM12 million loan issue outside court two years ago.

However, he denied that the letter penned by the prime minister’s chief private secretary Shukry Mohd Salleh was meant to set aside the bankruptcy notice against him.

“Najib did not ask to set aside (my) bankruptcy issue, he only asked MBSB to discuss and look for a resolution,” he told Malaysiakini.

PM didn’t interfere

Rizuan said the letter obtained by Rafizi was merely a cover letter and Najib had included a note asking for an out of court resolution on another page.

“Najib never interfered in MBSB’s affairs. If Najib had interfered, MBSB wouldn’t have sued me three times before I settled the loan…,” he added.

The title of the letter with the PMO letterhead dated Oct 20, 2015 stated “Request to order MBSB to set aside bankruptcy notice and to resolve the bank loan outside of court”.

The letter stated that Rizuan had appealed for the prime minister’s help over this matter, with regard to the construction of 10 bungalows in Bukit Tunku, Kuala Lumpur.

Rafizi: He is indebted

Meanwhile, Rizuan told Malaysiakini that he had sought assistance from the prime minister when he was unable to service the loan and interest after acting as a guarantor for his friend, a company director.

“My friend wanted to get a loan from MBSB to build 10 bungalows, but another company pulled out from the joint venture agreement when they were in a bad position and wanted to collect the money.

“I went to see Datuk Seri Najib and asked Najib to tell MBSB to settle outside (court) because we can pay.

https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/373264

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DAP MP: Don’t judge Madinah because of husband’s loyalty to @NajibRazak https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/373232

Husband of new auditor-general once said he’ll ‘die for Najib’

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PKR communications director Fahmi Fadzil has questioned the decision to appoint Madinah Mohamad as auditor-general, given her links to Umno.

Her husband, Rizuan Abdul Hamid, had, as Kepong Umno chief in 2015, reportedly said that he was willing to “die for (Prime Minister) Najib (Abdul Razak)”.

Fahmi said the post of auditor-general is a key role in government as the person oversees government bodies and the use of public funds.

“As such, the auditor-general must not only be independent, neutral and above party politics, but she or he must also be seen to be independent, neutral and above party politics.

“As Madinah’s husband is a hardcore Umno member who has been reported as saying that he is ‘prepared to die for Najib’, this does not inspire the confidence necessary for the role of auditor-general.

“(This is) especially since several ongoing concerns, including 1MDB – which is linked to PM Najib – have not been fully resolved and the people are still awaiting the release of the auditor-general’s report on 1MDB,” Fahmi told Malaysiakini.

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Tan Seng Giaw: ‘Jangan nilai Madinah hanya kerana suaminya penyokong @NajibRazak’
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Kow Gah Chie

Tan Sri Madinah Mohamad, yang bakal menjadi Ketua Audit Negara yang baru tidak seharusnya dinilai berdasarkan kesetiaan suaminya Datuk Rizuan Abdul Hamid kepada Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak, kata ahli parlimen DAP Dr Tan Seng Giaw.

Tan, yang juga adalah timbalan pengerusi Jawatankuasa Kira-Kira Wang Negara (PAC), mengulas kenyataan Ridzuan, yang juga adalah Ketua Umno Bahagian Kepong, pada tahun 2015 yang menyatakan kesediaannya “mati” untuk Najib.

“Mereka adalah dua individu berbeza. Dia tidak harus dinilai dengan apa yang diperkatakan oleh suaminya. Kamu perlu tujukan (isu itu) kepada suaminya.

“Kamu juga (seorang) wanita, jangan memandang rendah terhadap wanita. Kamu harus memberi kepada wanita, kamu harus menyatakan sesuatu yang baik tentang wanita.

“Itu (adalah apa yang diperkatakan oleh) suaminya,” ” kata ahli parlimen Kepong itu kepada Malaysiakini.

https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/373242

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