KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 19 - Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today admitted that he has no concrete evidence on money politics in Umno despite previously claiming corruption flourished under his successor Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi."I have to study first, as a lot of information is hearsay, they are not willing to give their names," said the former Umno President.
"We want brave people. They complain but are afraid to come forward, so I have to look carefully into it," said Dr Mahathir when asked when he would reveal the names of Umno leaders involved in money politics.
Apart from threatening to reveal names, Dr Mahathir had also in the past suggested the use of the Internal Security Act against party members involved in vote buying.
He had also claimed that vote-buying was so rampant in Umno that the party was doomed to lose in the next elections.
When asked whether having an independent body to monitor the Umno election would help, he said that the formation of another body would not solve the problem.
"Even if more bodies are formed, but the witnesses refuse to give information to corroborate evidence, they will be useless. To get evidence that is beyond reasonable doubt is very difficult," said Mahathir.
On the action by certain Umno members who gave information on vote buying practice to opposition leaders, Mahathir said they were probably angry with the leadership.
Recently PKR lawmaker Saifuddin Nasution revealed in Parliament that he has evidence to prove candidates for the Umno deputy presidential race are involved in money politics.
tunku : yes, Tun M had no proof of vote buying but his statement that he would made public the names had made so many "candidates" can't sleep well till they have to attack Tun M in their cadet's blogs etc. "siapa makan cili dia terasa pedas".at least with that statement we can somehow "see" those dirty hands.
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he sounded so stern and confident that money politics is the disease in UMNO and claimed that he had already have a list of the people involved.but now he said that he has no proof but only hearsay.wtf is that?making accusation in the first place by rumors and not facts!?.
jadi maknanya Dr.M membuat tuduhan semata-mata berasakan spekulasi dengan khabar angin lah?
apa ni?bukanke sepatutnya kena ada bukti sebelum membuat tuduhan dengan menyenaraikan nama-nama dalam list yang dikatakan mengamalkan politik wang.
nampak sangat Dr.M hanya cuba bermain politik dengan ahli UMNO.sebab?sebab Dr.M merasa tergugat sebab taring grupnya semakin menghilang dalam UMNO.
he had never mentioned anyone's name, so why you want to say that he is accusing anyone?
be real people.
like tunku said, siapa makan cili dia terasa pedas.
sebab tu tun kata, bukti tak cukup maka dia tak dedahkan, kalau fitnah ke tuduhan dah lama dia keluarkan nama, apa la azlan ni.
Masa zaman Mahathir dulu mana ada dia beria cuba membongkar masalah ni. Banyak main diam dan disimpan bawah karpet je. Sekarang ni bezanya Pak Lah cuba membongkar dan menyelesaikan masalah ni, tu sebab nampak macam zaman Pak Lah benda ni nampak teruk padahal masalah ni wujud sudah lama cuma didiamkan je.
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