YOURSAY | Poor Najib, only RM100,000 a month

YOURSAY | 'That's more than what most M'sians spend in half a lifetime.'

Court grants Mareva injunction to freeze Najib's assets

YellowRusa5552: For once, former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak will feel what it's like to be a ‘poor’ man, left only with a miserable RM100,000 to spend a month.

Najib will have to considerably tighten his belt and practise prudent spending in order to overcome this financial nightmare.

I’m pretty sure Najib and his wife will be feeling very distraught at the prospect of missing out on a lot of things that they cannot purchase with that miserable monthly RM100,000.

JAM: The current minimum wage is RM1,200 per month, and people are fighting against all odds to raise it to RM1,500. Meanwhile, our ex-PM is restricted to only a ‘small’ withdrawal of no more than RM100,000 per month for living expenses.

The defender of the race is really having a good time while the race he is supposed to defend rots in poverty.

Maya: Roger Ng, a former Goldman Sachs banker implicated in the 1MDB case, is locked up in an apartment in Manhattan, New York, with an ankle bracelet, allowing him access only to the grocery store downstairs and essentials on the same street.

Here, the top person convicted in connection with the 1MDB scandal roams free, allegedly has not paid millions in taxes and is allowed to withdraw RM100,000 from his account monthly. What a joke!

Betul Malu Bukan Malu Apa: While this convicted felon has RM100,000 a month to spend, such an amount is something every hardworking, honest Malaysian could only hope for.

After working for over 35 years and diligently paying taxes to the Inland Revenue Board (IRB), even having RM3,000 a month to spend is a blessing.

We all need to join politics in Malaysia during our next life, and it must be with BN.

Pensieve: Najib wouldn’t need any money if he’s jailed pending his case’s appeal to the Federal Court. That’s what would be happening if he were a normal Malaysian citizen.

With the IRB, you have to pay the fine first and the disputed amount is only refunded if the appeal is successful.

How do we explain this to our students (and children)? Is this a precedent that other accused persons can later cite?

Clearwater: The Mareva injunction is years too late. Most of the ill-gotten funds would have been transferred elsewhere in the intervening years since.

The wheels of justice in Malaysia can barely move forward when the accused has powerful connections.

EyeInTheSky2022: RM100,000 a month is just too much. In fact, it should be what he was just getting paid as an ex-PM, minus all the extra since he is no longer in office to enjoy the perks.

This is supposed to just be for him to use for his monthly expenses.

My Brother Did It: Wow, he’s allowed to withdraw RM100,000 monthly. That’s more than what most Malaysians spend in half a lifetime. And yet, he is the “saviour of the race”.

But I suppose he still needs to pay his lawyers and cybertroopers.

Bornean: RM100,000? Really? Some Malaysians can’t even earn RM1,000 a month, and somehow, they must survive and support the whole family but with great difficulty.

What kind of monthly expenses are we talking about? Just move him to Sungai Buloh – the rental and food will be free of charge.

Yok Guru: This is merely a slap on the wrist, don’t read too much into it. Najib can still withdraw RM100,000 a month and in 10 months, a cool RM1 million.

This is their idea to make it seem like there’s actual justice being done. Oh, please.

Gerard Lourdesamy: The ex parte Mareva injunction granted seems to be overreaching and oppressive in its ambit. What was the urgency to grant the order ex parte when Najib is still in the country?

Furthermore, where is the real risk of dissipation of assets? Most, if not all of the assets, are within the jurisdiction. Najib is a resident within the jurisdiction. He is on bail.

His passport has been impounded by the High Court. He is not a flight risk. He cannot transfer funds abroad of that magnitude without clearance from Bank Negara.

Najib's lawyers should move the same court ex parte or on notice to stay the order pending an application to set it aside. Justice must not only be done but must be seen to be done.

Just because Najib at present is a convicted felon, that does not mean he has no legal right to defend himself fairly before an impartial court. We are a nation of laws and not of mob justice.

Godfather: Big deal, RM100,000 a month probably just allows him to give Chinese New Year ang pow to Johor voters.

Besides, it's not like he won’t appeal all the way to the Federal Court. He’ll just ask his hotshot lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah to take care of it.

Federal Bakery: In real terms, with that amount of money you can purchase at least two, possibly three low-cost housing units for the homeless every month. That equals 36 in a year.

Oh, what obscene times we live in.

The Middle Lane: Indeed, RM100,000 can feed 20 families. The rich really enjoy life while the poor are ‘slaughtered’.

The sad thing is that the poor would still vote for them as their representatives in government.

P Dev Anand Pillai: This entire charade will end once the 15th GE is called and Umno wins handsomely with the support of the gullible and ignorant who make up the majority of the electorate in the nation.

Not only are the leaders corrupt, we the people are also corrupt by accepting whatever they give in return for our votes.

AdeK: So, he was found guilty, sentenced to 12 years in prison, but so far, his cronies have attempted to give an RM100 million house, and from the courts, the permission to withdraw the equivalent to the starting salary of about 80 civil servants combined?

If anyone thinks that what he is going through is hardship, they need a hard reset on reality.

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