Kita asks how Mahathir’s sons became billionaires
Minor party questions ‘world record’ speed in acquiring wealth.
(Free Malaysia Today) – The People’s Welfare Party, Kita, has urged former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad to explain how his sons Mokhzani and Mirzan had become billionaires “overnight”.
Party leader Zamil Ibrahim said Mokhzani had been named the ninth richest man in Malaysia by the Malaysian Business magazine in 2014.
As a Kedahan, he said, he knew that Dr Mahathir’s father was merely a school headmaster, while Mahathir himself had operated a simple clinic in Alor Setar before becoming the top politician in the country.
Malaysians were thus curious to know how Mokhzani and Mirzan became billionaires and among the richest Malaysians.
“We humbly request Tun Dr Mahathir to clarify. Zamil described as a “world record” that sons of a former premier could own billions in past three years.
“You can’t get this world record in any part of the world. Only Dr Mahathir can explain,” said Zamil.
He also urged Dr Mahathir to publicly explain exactly how much government-owned 1Malaysia Development Berhad had lost in its ventures. He said there were discrepancies in the former premier’s own figures.
Dr Mahathir had first said 1MDB had lost RM42 billion, but recently claimed it lost RM14 billion. “Which is which now? Which figure is the right one?,” he said.
