The moment in history Ansara kartel lost power to MCKK, RMC and Oxbridge Cartels. It was 2003. Until today, it is the later three groups that rules the GLCs
There is no Mr Clean in UMNO. If there is one you hear, it must be due to perception.
Pak Lah was a "Malay Ultra" before, his relationship with KJ's dad and KJ who is not a Mahathir-worshipper and "a reformer" who went inside the drain (UMNO) to "clean it from inside."
KJ's associate Omar Ong quickly realised Anwar was going to be hit by a runaway bus after a chance meeting with Daim and realigned himself with Najib. He went on to make multi-million in corporate deals and "retired" in a Bukit Tunku bungalow.
Dr Mahathir's soft spot for Hishammuddin ultimately saved him from becoming a member of Kluster Mahkamah and brought down the PH Government.
After Anwar was hit with a runaway bus, Najib was hoping that Mahathir would pass the throne to him. But Mahathir thought Abdullah Badawi was the one who would be easy to control. Somehow didn't anticipate KJ to be the puppet master.
Abdullah Badawi brought the era of con sultans in Malaysia. It was an exponential growth, both in number of positions and their pay package. Najib, Muhyiddin and Mail continue this era.
After Abdullah Badawi took over, Khairy went about to neutralise his enemies. The ones who were easier to manage, were managed with positions. His cronies also got into Khazanah and many have branched out to various GLCs today.
Not that difficult for KJ to manage Hishammuddin, who is not really a fighter.
The Ansara boy Khir Toyo was a tough nut to crack for KJ so KJ's cronies in TV3 ran corruption exposes about the encroachment into Bukit Cahaya, Puncak Alam Forest Reserve encroachment.
That campaign to remove Khir Toyo ended prematurely after the royalty link to the development also began to bite back. Eventually, Khir Toyo was convicted for corruption on a bungalow matter was another story for another time.
When you cannot toe the line, you will be fixed. Just like what happened to Abdullah Badawi loyalist and military man Zahidi Zainol Abidin. The same guy who is exposing 5G scandal today from inside the Government.
To counter and subdue the IIUM stock Reezal Merican, KJ found another mamak Azeez Rahim, even forming a new wing for him in UMNO under the brand called Putera UMNO.
KJ contained all the small fries in UMNO, who might have caused obstacles to his unstated aim to become PM at 40, successfully. But he lost out to Najib in the end not because of Najib but the Old Man, who would subdue him eventually by felling his father in law.
Before KJ, it was Najib who had meteoric rise in UMNO. And he was the protege of the Old Man, who would come back from his "retirement" to slay him in 2018 but only to recklessly resign and allow Najib to bounce back in 2020.
"Mahathir went so far as to instruct certain members of the cabinet to push hard and often for Najib to be appointed DPM as soon as possible (as Badawi was procrastinating). Khalil Yaakob, then Information Minister, pushed Abdullah so often that Khairy became incensed."
"By the 2004 election, Khalil found himself packed off to his wife’s state of Melaka as governor."
The politics Abdullah Badawi and KJ played before appointing Najib included giving hint to Muhyiddin that he would become No. 2 instead. Political observers from the outside also thought at that time Muhyiddin stood a good chance. May be that's why he wanted the PM crown so badly
Some of the close confidants of Najib (like Najib strategist Alies Anor) also used to be Anwar's men from ABIM days. KJ manoeuvred to put his own point man as a price for DPM post and he was successful. Omar Ong was with Najib even after he became the PM.
Ethos Consulting, a proxy company coming into Malaysia scene. With that, the 4th Floor brought more con sultans sourced internationally like the McKinsey, Bain & Co, Boston Consulting, Goldman Sachs etc. who would go on to rob Malaysia and sideline Malay-speaking civil servants
Eventually, Najib would become DPM and begin to fight back against KJ's boys. Khairil Annas Yusof, an IIUM / Oxford stock and a homosexual, would go on to become his Special Officer. He would later trap Anwar in a honey trap with Saiful is a story for a later part.
Even after Najib frees himself from KJ, the momentum set by the 4th Floor would be irreversible. The con sultans in producing glossy powerpoint slides to hide UMNO's robbery could not be matched by the mostly locally trained Civil Servants. So their robbery continues until today.
After Najib became the DPM, Omar Ong's fortune started dimming but he would bounce back later. For now, it is Khairil Annas Yusof all the way, until Najib was defeated in May 2018.
Correction. He is Khairil Annas Jusoh. Who is he? You can read about him here. Omar Ong could never challenge him in his Malay linguistic skills, which is essential to fool rural Malays. anotherbrickinwall.blogspot.com/2013/10/theres…
Khairil Annas Jusoh would go on to fix Anwar with Sodomy II. He also gets married to the Honorary Mongolian Counsel for Malaysia,Datuk Syed Abdul Rahman Alhabshi, who was then accused to have hidden crucial evidence against Najib in the Altantuya murder scandal.
Of course their marriage would end soon as the wife discovers Khairil Annas Jusoh is a gay.
Who would have thought Ahmad Maslan was originally another Anwar protege? Ahmad Maslan was used to block the attempt to list FGV Felda in 2004 when Ethos Consulting and ECM Libra were ready to make hundreds of millions. They still made money but the project aborted.
Meanwhile, Najib's strongman and a formidable strategist, Alies Anor, began to gain more strength, albeit he kept his meetings with Najib private, outside the prying eyes of KJ's boys.
KJ finds Najib to be a politician too hot to handle. Najib has his own troopers at all levels and strategic support from the Old Man's loyalists including Daim.
Removing Najib forcefully like how Anwar Ibrahim was removed had a problem. Not because Najib is a fighter like Anwar but the Old Man's tacit support and his loyalists everywhere inside the Government at that time.
The old style of UMNO removing their unwanted from the party if they don't honourably resign when told. The MEDIA, which they controlled with no way for alternative voices to question the reports in the media. This was before the invent of internet, where mind control was easy.
Why Najib is shameless? He is always known to be a corrupt man and he is not going to make an apology for it. Instead, he mind-conditioned people to accept corruption as way of life with his "Cash is King" motto he adopted openly later when he was the PM.
Najib’s blood runs thick with scandals and corruption and that was his strength and KJ talked too much and that was his weakness. At that time.
From Mahathir to Anwar, when they were in power, they made sure they controlled the media. Abdullah Badawi did the same. He brought the infamous Kali, who is also very close to Singapore Government circle.
Dr Mahathir ordered the Military Intelligence to do a background check on Kali but they could not prove anything. Soon, Singapore hacks brought by Kali are all over Malaysia and Singapore, singing praises of KJ.
The alternate Media KJ cultivated, AgendaDaily, recently had a run-in with Ismail Sabri to the extent it became a subject of the police report, had its origin from those times.
The Malaysian Insider was also a 4th Floor creation. But the ultimate weapon KJ was going to use to take down Najib was Anwar. But we all know that Anwar failed in that effort other than winning a few states and saw himself caught with Sodomy II.
That few states loss and loss of 2/3rd majority for BN as a result of intensive campaign by both Anwar and the Old Man resulted in Pak Lah being packed off into oblivion in the next year and with that, KJ's first attempt to become the PM at 40 died.
People keep asking for source. These stories appeared in a series of articles under Malaysia-today, purportedly authored by RPK but the real author is an anon. RPK removed it from his website for some reason but is still available in some blogs. bloggingr4life.blogspot.com/2008/05/khairy…
*married to the daughter of the Mongolian honorary counsel.*
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