VINCENT Tan had very strong reasons to do so, because not only is the tycoon preceived to be a Dr Mahathir stooge, he is also on very friendly terms with Ahmad Samsuri Mokthar , the PAS candidate for the post of Prime Minister in waiting.
LOOKING back, Daim Zainuddin should have done the same by going on long holiday overseas, just like Muhyiddin Yassin, should have wised up to the reality READ : On who are his real friends and true enemies.
THE split in Perikatan National's communication team between those under Muhyiddin Yassin's control and those supposedly on the payroll of Dr Mahathir, has exposed that VIEW : Muhyiddin Yassin is being branded as a Pengkhianat or TRAITOR within Perikatan Nasional.
TAKE this along Hamzah Zainuddin's statement READ : that as opposition leader, he has no knowledge of any move to topple the Prime Minister, one can conclude that the entire execise was a plan hatched by Dr Mahathir and PAS.
NOW hatching a plan itself, is not illegal nor would it actually hurt anyone really, but the so called Mahathir communication duo in the siber world , Salim Iskandar and Papagomo were the ones, who started causing harm by throwing Daim Zainuddin into NO MAN's LAND.
IF you are unfamiliar with the term no man's land, well it actually means being placed in the trenches of the ground, rather defenceless between two opposing armies ready for battle.
IT was the Dr Mahathir/PAS camp that was vigorously painting a picture that Daim's wealth will be used to buy members of Parliament or even used to destabilise the stock market, claims which i described as READ : will end up like how : Sylvester Stallone described the Ali versus Holmes boxing fight ; that it was like watching an autopsy on a man (referring to Ali) who's still alive.
AND so now, the under pressure Daim Zainuddin has no more avenues to turn to other than to go on a full very public media blitz to save his ass. READ : Daim Zainuddin says his assets would have been RM50 billion today if he had stayed out of politics, with the Taman Maluri township it's self valued RM26 billion today
I am afraid, the former finance minister needs at this moment far better advisors, especially when it comes to financial matters, because a RM26 billion Gross Development value of the township,at best is going to land you ONLY about RM2. 6 billion in profits. VIEW : If you require details on how to derive pure profits from Gross Development Value, please view this video .
NOW, what is going to come and haunt Daim Zainuddin is his role in the banking mergers of three decades ago, ; were owners of certain banks intimidated, were they forced to forgive certain people's massive debts, as well as his role in the CLOB shares and his wife's shareholding in companies such as Muhibbah Engineering and Syarikat Permodalan Kebangsaan Bhd.
WHAT can Daim Zainuddin do in the interim to prove that he is indeed an innocent man? The option is very simple, rather than talk about missed opportunities due to becoming a minister, JUST make it publicly available in an open and transparent manner, your income tax returns before you became a minister.
THOSE tax returns, will prove once and for all, what was Daim Zainuddin's wealth before he became a minister, and should be able to prove one of the following as the pure truth.
THAT being, his family's claim that he was a very rich individual even before he joined Dr Mahathir's cabinet or in the words of rapper 50 Cent ; GET RICH or Die Tryin.
