KUALA LUMPUR – Former Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said that the DAP Veteran, Lim Kit Siang was a coward after the latter decided not to debate with him.
According to Najib, the Iskandar Puteri Member of Parliament (MP) had rejected his invitation for a debate in 2019, stating that the debate would spark racial issues.
Najib added, Kit Siang’s latest excuse of not wanting to debate with him is it would give Najib a platform for him to shine and increase his credibility.
The Pekan MP cynically said that perhaps Kit Siang will accept his invitation if they use Mandarin in the debate.
The invitation to debate in English was also rejected earlier.
“Coward. He dared to slander and lie for decades but he chickened out when challenge.
“So, he called me a kleptocrat but he continues to forget about his son’s bungalow and tunnel corruption cases.
“I offered him to debate in English and he dared not accept it. Should I debate in Mandarin then?” Najib asked.
Najib repeated his six questions to Kit Siang, the same questions he raised two weeks ago.
“Why have you been howling for 10 years about the death of Teoh Beng Hock who fell off a building, but you have never mentioned about the sudden death of the main witness in the Tunnel case, who also fell off a building one month before he was scheduled to testify in court?
“Why after all this while of accusing me and implicating me with the murder of several individuals but after GE14, you said that you have never accused me?
“Why did you say that Malaysia will bankrupt/fail since 60 years ago, from the beginning of your political career until your alleged retirement but Malaysia has not yet bankrupt / fail?” Najib asked.
Other questions include, why Kit Siang collaborated with Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad in GE14 after accusing the former Prime Minister being a corrupted person for decades.
“I was never charged with stealing / robbing / receiving bribery but under AMLA Act because I never used those monies for my personal use – it is very different from your son, who was really charged with asking / receiving bribery and misappropriation of properties under the Penal Code. So, why are you calling me a kleptocrat but not charging that your son is a kleptocrat?
“Where is the pendrive?” Najib asked.
Kit Siang gave his final decision that he will not entertain Najib’s demand for a debate.
The Iskandar Puteri MP turned kleptocracy as an excuse of not wanting to face Najib and said that the Pekan MP should just disappear after embarrassing the country.
He also did not want to debate with Najib as he did not want to provide any platform to the former PM as it would only increase his credibility and confidence towards Najib that there is nothing wrong for turning Malaysia into a kleptocracy country. -MalaysiaGazette
