YOURSAY 'It's quite apt that the movie he bankrolled is titled 'The Wolf of Wall Street', a parable about greed, lust and other bad behaviour.'
Rosmah's son buys RM110mil condo in New York
Pemerhati:
It looks like PM Najib Razak's children, relatives and cronies like Jho Low should be able to give the relatives, children and cronies of other BN leaders such Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Abdul Taib Mahmud, Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, Ling Liong Sik, S Samy Vellu, etc. a run for their money.
About 53 percent of Malaysians have a good idea as to from where and how all these BN leaders and their families and cronies stole the millions and billions. Unfortunately 47 percent of Malaysians that voted for BN have not realised how BN picks their pockets.
When a thief picks your pocket you soon realise that you have lost your money to a thief once you put your hand in the pocket. But when the money is stolen from you in a more elaborate manner, as has been and is being done by the BN leaders, you only realise it if someone knowledgeable informs you how the scam is carried out.
For instance Mahathir and his YTL crony steal billions through the crooked IPP deal but many Malaysians are not aware that money is stolen from them every time they pay their electricity bill.
Odin: The average cost of producing an A-Grade film in Hollywood is US$150 million or some RM450 million. ('Avatar' is believed to have finally cost US$500 million or RM1·5 billion.)
Even if we assume that the subject and his partner have bankrolled only one film and the production cost has been split down the middle between them, we are still talking of RM225 million.
But let's work on a very conservative estimate and suppose that the sole film bankrolled so far has cost him only RM150 million. Add that to the cost of the penthouse condo unit, and we have RM260 million.
He must have some money as reserves to bankroll the next what he and his partner consider a potential as well as to finance his and his family's expenses. However, we shouldn't even hazard a guess as to the amount, and consider only the RM260 million.
Where did he get or how has he got that kind of money, when he has worked for only some half a dozen years and we haven't heard of him being a financial wizard?
Sirach: For someone who held a minor position in HSBC, he has managed to accumulate a tidy pile of cash. Wonder what the source of the family money is?
It's quite apt that the movie he bankrolled is titled 'The Wolf of Wall Street', a parable about greed, lust and other bad behaviour.
Mushiro: When Mahathir was PM, he claimed that his children were 'smart' and that was why they were successful and very rich.
Pak Lah's son and son-in-law were also 'smart'. Now we get to see PM Najib Razak's and Rosmah Mansor's children and stepsons getting to be as 'smart' as Mahathir's children. There is no end to the greed of the Umno family.
Ferdtan: Miracles do happen when my 'Daddy-O', though a stepdad, is a prime minister of Umno-Malaysia - a land of opportunity, crooned Riza Shahriz Abdul Aziz.
He graduated in 2000, worked as consultant in KPMG for two years and another six in a bank, HSBC. From 2008 to2013, five years later, having no tangible business at all, he suddenly can afford to buy an RM110 million condominium unit in New York?
Coincidentally Najib, the step 'Daddy-O' became a PM in 2009. Obviously, he is very much loaded as nobody uses their entire fund to buy a roof under their head - a billion or two?
We would like to ask the many poor Malays who voted for BN in the last GE, how come the children of Umno leaders are so 'smart in making money' for themselves? Are their children as smart as them in making money? If not, then why not?
If one Umno Malay child can make millions, or billions, in a matter of less than five years, then why can't an ordinary Malay child do the same?
The answer is, my friend, no two Malays is the same; one is Umno-Malay elite and the other is the ordinary one. Like the mantra of the property buyers; instead of 'location, location, location', in this case it is 'connection, connection, connection.'
Born Free: How to attract investors in Malaysia when the stepson of Najib would invest hundreds of million in New York rather than homeland?
Are Malaysians losing confidence in our homeland and where did Riza Shahriz Abdul Aziz got so much money? Is it part of the unaccountable billions channelled out?
Gen2indian: Is the United States government going to investigate this possible money-laundering activity of just 'close an eye' since the Najib and Rosmah are contributing to the US economy while bleeding their own country?
Artchan: The son bankrolled Hollywood movies, but I wonder who bankrolled the son.
Onyourtoes: Questions, questions, questions: Is Najib going to say he is my stepson, what he did is none of my business? Is Rosmah going to say he is the son of my first marriage, he is a fully grow-up man, what he did is none of my or Najib's business?
Is the Umno Supreme council going to say this has nothing to do with Najib or Umno? Is Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) going to say Riza is not in government and therefore out of its jurisdiction?
Is the cabinet going to say that this is the Najib's family and private matter, it has nothing to do with his position as the PM of Malaysia? Are all the nincompoop BN MPs going to say that there is no evidence to prove or insinuate anything?
Are the 47 percent Malaysians going to say that Riza is a new Malay capable of making millions with a blink of an eye? Are towering Malays and Perkasa going to say this is the clear sign of success of NEP, BEE, ETP or ABC or XYZ?
Is Mahathir going say this is unlike his son, who made it on his own?
SpongeBob: To Umno delegates - Riza's company has risen from "nowhere" in 2010 to "top company to watch". Your president's stepson is an excellent example of rags to riches. Umno delegates' children should emulate the president's and his stepson's footstep.
Now, we know the real reason why the delegates preferred no contest for the president's post. The delegates definitely have a good foresight of the president family's noble contributions to the country.
Doc: 'Dumb and Dumber To'. Let me guess the main stars in this sequel comedy flick would be Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor and Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
The above is a selection of comments posted by Malaysiakini subscribers. Only paying subscribers can post comments. Over the past one year, Malaysiakinians have posted over 100,000 comments. Join the Malaysiakini community and help set the news agenda. Subscribe now .
