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Other quotable quotes from Nazri, via Malaysiakini:
NO BRAIN
Malaysia will never develop as long as we have people like
(Parliamentary Opposition Leader) Lim (Kit Siang). All these
(corruption allegations) are lies. Why are you so stupid? Where are
the allegations? You have no brains. Stupid, stupid, stupid!...
"
SINGAPORE NO COMPARE
Singapore is not a real country, it is a small island. Singapores
population is just three to four million and there are no
opportunities for corruption, unlike in our country.
FREER MEDIA
We have a freer media now that allows many voices to be heard.
That is why we have many people making unfounded allegations in the
media, responded Nazri.
Citing the Johari Baharum case (for allegedly receiving RM5.5
million in bribes to free several criminal suspects held under the
Emergency Ordinance (EO) as an example, Nazri said the allegations
had appeared on blogs and anybody could create a blog.
He called for tighter control of the media.
The Lower House Speaker, Ramli Ngah Talib, said he can't cite Nazri
for using unparliamentary language because "such language was used
all the time", The Star reports.
Don't complain, folks. You get the government you deserved.
From Malaysiakini
Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!
Yoges Palaniappan
Jun 21, 07 4:05pm
Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!...
Even journalists covering the Dewan Rakyat proceedings could not
recall how many times Minister in the Prime Ministers Department
Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz repeated this word.
His target was none other than the Opposition Leader, Lim Kit
Siang. The two heavyweights locked horns over corruption
today.
Unhappy with the lengthy explanation provided by Nazri on
Malaysias poor placement in Transparency Internationals
Corruption Perception Index (CPI), Lim quizzed him on the
corruption allegation against Deputy Internal Security Minister
Mohd Johari Baharum.
Johari was accused of receiving RM5.5 million in bribes to free
several criminal suspects held under the Emergency Ordinance (EO).
The deputy minister denied this but an investigation was
launched.
How can he (Johari) come clean when the ACA (Anti-Corruption
Agency) has not released its findings, and when the
Attorney-General (AG) also keeps mum? asked Lim.
This question irked Nazri, who retorted:
Malaysia will never develop as long as we have people like Lim.
All these (corruption allegations) are lies. Why are you so stupid?
Where are the allegations? You have no brains. Stupid, stupid,
stupid!...
All these are lies. Where is the RM5 million? There is no RM5
million, which means the allegation is not true.
If you want to know why the AG is keeping quiet, you should ask
him and not me. I cannot answer on his behalf because I will be
accused of influencing him.
Lim, who was also seeing red by this time, responded: The AG is
not here. But you are here. And you have the responsibility to
answer.
Speaker: No ruling
At this juncture, DAP MPs rose to defend Lim and urged Dewan Rakyat
Speaker Ramli Ngah Talib to make a ruling against Nazri for using
improper language in the House.
However, the Speaker refused to do so.
Improper language is used all the time in Dewan Rakyat. If I make
a ruling every time it happens, we will not have any time for
debates.
Even though I dont encourage rudeness in the House, I will not
make a ruling. However, I hope MPs will be more careful with the
language they use in future, he said.
This prompted Nazri to throw in a sarcastic comment: Since stupid
is not proper, I will use not smart instead.
Earlier, Nazri (BN-Padang Renggas) was responding to Dr Wan Azizah
Wan Ismail (PKR-Permatang Pauh) who asked Prime Minister Abdullah
Ahmad Badawi to state if he is focussed on fighting corruption
since Malaysias ranking in the CPI was on the slide compared to
neighbouring countries such as Indonesia, Vietnam and
Singapore.
While agreeing that the ranking had deteriorated, Nazri, however,
argued that the CPI does not reflect the real corruption situation
in the country.
We were ranked 39th in 2005 and last year we were ranked 44th.
However, more countries were included in the study last year
compared to 2005, he said.
Furthermore, the report is based on perception and is contrary to
the real situation. Nevertheless, the negative perception must be
treated as a lesson by everyone in order to work harder to fight
graft, he added.
Singapore - not a real country
The minister also said that Malaysia must not be compared to
countries like Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam.
Singapore is not a real country, it is a small island. Singapores
population is just three to four million and there are no
opportunities for corruption, unlike in our country.
As for Vietnam and Indonesia, I understand that they received
lower rankings last year. But being among the first 200 is not
difficult. But once we get to be among the first 40 or 50, it is
difficult (to improve) as we have reached a bottleneck, he
added.
Wan Azizah then asked if the government plans to allow the ACA to
be answerable to Parliament in view of the many corruption
allegations, especially against top politicians such as Johari and
Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud.
We have a freer media now that allows many voices to be heard.
That is why we have many people making unfounded allegations in the
media, responded Nazri.
Citing the Johari case as an example, Nazri said the allegations
had appeared on blogs and anybody could create a blog.
All these are peoples perceptions which cannot be made as a basis
for charges, he said, proposing instead on a more tighter control
of the media.
