NAJIB WORST PM: From 1MDB to mass graves - is Putrajaya complicit in MURDER too?

Instead of finding the best solution or solutions to resolve the Rohingya refugees issue, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi tries to turn it into a polemic with the Penang government.

Yes Penang, when mass graves - reeking of possible foul play with the direct or indirect knowledge of the authorities - were found in a totally different state - the Umno-BN governed state of PERLIS.

Ahmad Zahid said, "We want to see the sincerity of the Penang government, led by DAP that are partners with PKR and PAS, that claims to champion human rights and is always asking the government to adopt humanitarian policies”.

"They should accept the migrants into Penang," he continued.

Helping or killing inept Najib?

Well, we all know Prime Minister Najib Razak is under tremendous pressure and may soon be toppled by former premier Mahathir Mohamad, who wants a new leader for the debt-riddled and scandal-tainted country.

We also know Zahid has pledged his loyalty to Najib but to indulge in political opportunism at the expense of innocent lives is way out of line.

Mass graves - yes more than one - are being dug up and the Najib administration can no longer deny their existence. Najib must face up to the questions Malaysians and the rest of the world has for him - was his government complicit in the matter?

So when his lieutenant Zahid pulls a stunt, like trying to flip the issue onto the Opposition state government of Penang, no wonder Team Najib comes off looking 'guilty as charged'.

Is this Malaysia? Mass graves a national shame

Clarity of policy & leadership needed, NOT double-talking

The Rohingya issue has been around for decades. Malaysia has been giving the Rohingyas so much assistance and has been very lenient in dealing with them. Many have settled in Malaysia and able to find their own livelihood competing with both the locals and immigrants from other countries.

Malaysia has also be tolerant to them when many of their women and children become beggars all over the country instead of asking their husbands to feed them. Surely when there are small children, they must have fathers.

Malaysia has also provided help to the Vietnamese refugees or the ‘boat people’ in the 70s and early 80s. Malaysia had allocated an island ‘Pulau Bidong’ for their temporary stay before being sent to third countries in Europe, America and Australia based on their own choice.

Malaysia has got the experience, thus it all depends on which Umno/BN administration is in power and what is its policy and what to do.

When Tun Dr. Mahathir was the prime minister, he had asked the security forces to ‘shoo’ the boat people away but others claimed that he asked to ‘shoot’ them away instead. So we have pushed them away before, but Dr. Mahathir was clear in his policy and in getting the help from the United Nations for funds, manpower and other relevant resources to assist Malaysia in helping the refugees.

Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

Slow-moving Najib

So what is the policy and the actions that Umno/BN has taken now?

This however depends on the current prime minister Dato’ Seri Najib Razak. Slow to react on any crisis, Najib has sent Foreign Minister Dato’ Sri Anifah Aman to discuss with the Myanmar government on how to resolve the issue. Finally, the Myanmar government has agreed to help the refugees at sea.

Yet there is no commitment from the Myanmar government to stop the ethnic cleansing in the Rakhine region where the Buddhists are slaughtering the Muslim Rohingyas. This matter should also be discussed and Malaysia should get the help form the UN and OIC countries to put pressure on the Myanmar government to stop the massacres because this is the main reason why the Rohingyas become refugees.

Bangladesh should also be playing a more important role because the mass killings are just at its border with Myanmar. After all the Rohingyas and Bangladeshis do not look much different from each other; they should help their own kind.

So when it is in the best interest of our country that the Home Minister should start taking the necessary actions to resolve the Rohingya issue, why is Ahmad Zahid so keen to tease the Penang government with this issue?

Political opportunism? Mass graves in Perlis, not Penang

What is the motive behind what Ahmad Zahid has said? After all, the purported mass grave found recently where the Rohingyas and Bangladeshis were buried, is in Perlis and not Penang. Ahmad Zahid should focus on doing his job and cooperate with the Penang government when necessary instead of creating a polemic.

Maybe he is waiting for instructions from Najib because Ahmad Zahid may not have the slightest clue on what to do! Maybe despite the highly paid consultant and the many experienced advisors Najib is also unsure what to do. Maybe Najib is now focused and dedicating all his time and energy of staying in power. Who knows!

In this case, Ahmad Zahid should get the help from his gambling kingpin friend Paul Phua to assist him because after all the Rohingya refugees issue is affecting to our national security. Paul Phua had helped Ahmad Zahid before and he should be able to help again, unless Paul is now in jail in the US. But Ahmad Zahid could arrange for him to be released in a matter of Malaysia’s national security

Maybe Ahmad Zahid should write another letter to the Deputy Director of the FBI! - MAIL BAG