151. The rich YTL getting "richer" by RM80m?

RM80mil bribe claim: Yong lodges report

Published on: Thursday, May 23, 2013 http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=85419

Kota Kinabalu: Sabah Progressive Party President Datuk Yong Teck Lee has lodged a report of criminal defamation against individuals and those in the social media about him and the party being supposedly paid RM80 million by the Prime Minister and Chief Minister.
He said the criminal slander was still being spread about him and SAPP.
"Yesterday, I heard from my colleague Datu Shuaib Mutalib that his family's colleagues in offices are still talking about this RM80 juta fitnah. During the general elections, I heard from our colleagues in Kudat (Peter Tsen) and Beaufort (Thomas Chong) the same lie that is spread against SAPP.
The common talk was that I took a taxi to the house of (CM Datuk Seri) Musa Aman to collect the RM80 million cash!" he said in a statement, Wednesday.
Yong said that it was an absolute lie that he and/or SAPP were paid anything by BN or Najib (Umno president) and Musa (Sabah Umno chairman) for whatever purpose.
"The lie was spread by our opponents especially DAP's Dr Hiew King Cheu, and assisted by BN people, to destroy our Sabahans' fight for autonomy," he claimed.
"To succeed in our struggle for autonomy Sabahans must also be self-reliant in our capability, in our economy and in our spirit to fight.
"We will not take any single cent from our enemies and from Malayan parties because to do so would weaken our fighting spirit. We do not need much money to fight elections because we fight on issues, we do not use money politics, we do not buy votes.
"The parties that used a lot of money was BN-Umno which was very obvious and PKR, which even had helicopters to fly to Beaufort, Sipitang, Ranau and PKR people dishing out cash," he said.
"Myself and SAPP are opponents of BN-Umno. SAPP believes that Malaya parties want to treat Sabah and Sabahans like Kerbau Dicucuk Hidung, to make us slaves of Malaya political-economy and to exploit our natural resources to save Malaya which is already bankrupt," he said.
Yong said he was also lodging the report for the police to investigate whether Najib and Musa has committed corruption and other criminal offences, because if it is true about the RM80 million being paid to him (Yong Teck Lee), then it means that corruption and other criminal offences have been committed.