Taib has not only been caught out bribing voters, but also admitting to his vast wealth! The illegal act and the confession were both captured in a video recording of an election speech that has now come into the possession of Sarawak Report. In the recording he tells his audience:
“I’ve got more money than I can ever spend, so I don’t care about money. All my children now look after [my money], so I am giving you something very nice”Later he makes a direct offer to bribe the audience of longhouse voters, who he was visiting during the Sibu by-election:
“I am prepared to give you 600 ringgit per [longhouse] door, its normal one, no change. People have said that’s a lot of money. I have many friends all over the world. They are in Germany, Japan, China. We can talk, ask them to invest here.”
“More money than I can ever spend” - vindication of Sarawak Report
The footage was taken while Taib was doing the rounds of the longhouses during the recent Sibu by-election, where he in fact suffered a shock defeat. It shows the aging politician employing his tried and tested method for winning seats, without realising that time and technology has moved on. He should have known that what you say in public these days gets recorded! In response, Sarawak Report would like to thank him for his statements, which we regard as a vindication of our accusations over the past weeks and a full confession of his corruption.
His remarks admitting he has accumulated ”more money than I can ever spend” out of abusing his position of power in Sarawak, were recorded on cheap equipment by observers in the audience, who say that he repeated the same claims and offered the same bribe of 600 ringgit per door (longhouse family) numerous times as he visited different communities.
In so doing he has demonstrated that while he officially disguises the fact that he is the real owner of his family’s fortune by using his siblings and children as nominees, he still thinks he can get away with bragging about it in public, especially when he is trying to impress voters he wants to bribe.
However, this time he did not get away with it. In Sibu the voters knew full well that he was trying to bribe them with their own money, having stripped them of their lands and taken the profits. Their message to the Chief Minister after this speech in June was that if he has more money than he can ever spend why is he still seeking to stay on in office and make yet more money out of Sarawak? This message needs to be repeated by all the voters at the State Election and the Federal Election. The opposition coalition wants to end Taib Mahmud’s illegal plunder of the State of Sarawak!
See for yourself
Sarawak Report has produced a transcript of what the Chief Minister said in the recording, which was spoken partly in Malay and partly in English with some Iban, in a speech to a crowded longhouse. While the audio is not good, it is perfectly possible to make out his words.
Inilah yg dinamakan Taib Mahmud memang berani punya orang! Sudahlah kaum minoriti, temberang dan angkuh betul lagi.
ReplyDeleteYg heran, tu Dayak masih sukung sama dia kan..hmmm
We have to understand KL politics which have hidden, unwritten agenda towards Sabah & Sarawak, that is, "if you help us maintain our power forever in this country & let us suck off your resources and wealth, we will reward you with power and the excess wealth in your land we leave for you, then you can do ANYTHING you like". That is the reason why it is pointless for anyone to report the CM of Sarawak and his cronies & the CM of Sabah and his cronies to MACC, Police or any Authority. They will NEVER take action against these devils because they enjoy the immunity under the deal. They are in fact the KL "tali barut". The moral is: if you want to be filthy rich politicians in Sabah and Sarawak, strive to be the “tali barut” for KL politicians. Got it?
ReplyDeleteAngan2 mau jadi tali barut yer..!
ReplyDeleteapi bukan salah KL atau CM bah kan? Yang korang balik-balik kasi menang Taib tu buat apa..?
Nah kasi dia menang tanpa tanding lgilah kali ini, ha baru puas hati kan ??
We got to support our own Chief Minister. If not us, then who else will support, right? Our dearest CM Pehin Taib is a nice man, he helps many Dayaks too, this we must appreciate. But of course the CM cannot make everybody happy and rich like many of his family members..We Dayaks must be realistic.TQ
ReplyDeleteNo doubt my Dayaks still in dire need of Pehin Sri leadership. We don't simply write off Pehin's contribution to developing Sarawak. Even the world has recognised Pehin's able leadership and his trademark politics of development.
ReplyDeleteWhat is lacking is the will to explore new opportunities among the Dayaks.. No point blaming others for Dayaks own problems.. You are the problems my dear brothers and sisters... So please be good to Pehin.
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