The confessions of an economic (s)hitman.

 

Here is the real Ibrahim Ali his supporters must know. Friend to Chinese Cukongs who has made hunting with dogs and running with the hare into a science.

We must know Ibrahim Ali for what he really is. A pompous and loud windbag out trying to establish his relevance in society.

In the late 1970s Ibrahim Ali used to be the head macai for Anwar Ibrahim. He would be present in many of the forums and debates at the University of Malaya. He was from ITM. He would sit at the back of the hall dressed in his trademark folksy dress( just like Anwar in those days) with the Palestinian headscarf normally associated with Yasser Arafat slung over his neck. At the end of each debating session, he would speak under the guise of asking a question about anything Islam. He would be shouting Maududi this, Maryam Jameelah that. On most occasions he would be ignored by UM students. Maybe he was out there to score with the UM freshies or UM students, who knows.

He would be Anwar's number one supporter aping Anwar in whatever the later does. In later years, he would get into business of all sorts always using other people's money. In those days, Tengku Razaleigh would be a source of cheap and easily available funds.

One time, Ibrahim got a substantial sum from Tengku Razaleigh. He went on to splurge himself in a state of the art office. At that time, the use of electronic doors with coded buttons was a novelty. He got one installed. Indeed he got many installed in the many corporate rooms he had made. After one state of the art (then) office was completed) Ibrahim Ali asked a friend or business partner sitting in the meeting room- ok, let's think of a business to do.

In business, Ibrahim Ali's partners are always Chinese. So his call of advice or warning or whatever term he fancies, is farcical and hypocritical. Farcical because Ibrahim Ali survives on Chinese business acumen, hypocritical because he is using a natural bias against the Chinese for his political end.

Yesterday I received an e mail from a voter from Pasir Mas, for which Ibrahim Ali is MP. This was part of what he said:-

I am a voter in the Pasir Mas parliament constituent where Ibrahim Ali is the MP. I voted for him in the last election because he was contesting on the PAS ticket. It was probably the most regretful vote in my life.

You are right. He is a hypocrite. He harbored many Chinese partners in his contracts, including the mega deal Jambatan Tendong project. And yet he is portraying himself as a Hulubalang Melayu. Pathetic. How can the authorities are silent about his rantings?