OMG, after Anwar, now UMNO trains it’s cross hair on Mohamad Sabu of PAS
Malaysian First, Malaysian Last
It looks like UMNO leaders are now whipping up a sex scandal to hang onto newly-elected PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu, with a CD entitled ‘Skandal Seks Mat Sabu’ (or Mat Sabu’s Sex Scandal) being distributed in the mail, as Prime Minister Najib Razak’s party goes on a last-ditch X-rated binge to discredit opposition politicians.
So far, Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim – regarded as the BN government’s No. 1 enemy – has borne the brunt of the UMNO attacks. Then came Mat Sabu, who a week ago won the endorsement of party members to beat incumbent Nasharudin Mat Isa and former vice president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man for the coveted PAS No. 2 post.
Like Anwar, Mat Sabu is a gifted orator able to appeal across racial lines. His colleagues have placed great expectations on him to drive their party foward and adopt a more progressive and moderate mould, which would alow it to compete directly against UMNO for the Malay middle ground and fence sitters.
That his arch enemies have chosen the same modus operandi to destroy his career as they have been trying to do to Anwar underscores how worried they are that he will succeed in shaking up PAS, and drag the Islamist party fully into the main stream of Malaysia’s multiracial society.
“This looks like blunder No. 2 for UMNO. By using sex against Mat Sabu, it will only convince those PAS members who still had doubts about Anwar. Now they see with their own eyes the same thing happening to one of their own. I think it will enrage the party and the community. Anwar can now say ‘I told you so’,” Ampang MP Zuraida Kamaruddin told Malaysia Chronicle.
A legacy of sex and smut
Apart from Zuraida, PKR vice president Tian Chua was also a victim of a recent sex email scam, with a chain letter distributed in his name carrying the message that he had watched the video closely and believed the man having sex with a prostitute was Anwar.
“Najib is leaving behind the worst legacy of all the prime ministers,” Tian told Malaysia Chronicle.
Three UMNO members with links to the top leadership including Najib and former premier Mahathir Mohamad had ‘discovered’ the sex tape and screened it to a group of journalists. Select PKR leaders were also shown the tape in a bid to lure them to defect. Although it is a crime to publicly screen pornography, the police have not arrested or charged the men who called themselves the Datuk T trio despite their public confession.
Zuraida, who is also the PKR women’s chief, received the Mat Sabu sex CD in her mail box. She lodged a police report on Friday.
According to her, she received the CD a day ago in her mailbox. Other neighbours were also victimized. The CD which carried the title ‘Skandal Seks Mat Sabu’ (Mat Sabu’s Sex Scandal) came together with a letter printed on a forged PAS letterhead and a brochure containing pictures of Anwar.
