Zahid says Khazanah’s new appointments show Pakatan’s hypocrisy
PUCHONG: Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is back on active duty, firing his first salvo against the Pakatan Harapan government for allegedly being hypocritical on China’s involvement in the country.
The former deputy prime minister took potshots at Khazanah Nasional Berhad’s decision to appoint two Chinese nationals into its board of directors recently.
Zahid, in a series of tweets, said that when Barisan Nasional was in power, the Pakatan leaders often accused the-then government of selling away Malaysia’s sovereignty to China.
“Before 9 May 2018, the Pakatan Harapan leaders were allergic to anything related to China. When China invests here, we were accused of selling away the country.
“Some even cried claiming we had sold off Proton to China but today, people are praising Proton’s X70 model.
“Today, Khazanah Nasional appointed two Chinese nationals as its directors. We are not disputing the appointment if they are qualified but Malaysians are smart enough to see things.
“it’s better to change Khazanah Nasional’s name to Khazanah International,” said the Bagan Datoh MP.
Azian is the head of advisory division at the Attorney General’s Chambers.
Tang, who is the founder of artificial intelligence company SenseTime, is also a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Lau is currently with Tencent Holding Co Ltd, where he is senior executive, vice president and chairman of group marketing and global branding.
Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad serves as Khazanah Nasional’s chairman.
In the past, Mahathir had rued over the government’s decision to sell majority of Proton’s shares to Zhejiang Geely Holdings Group of China.
He had also criticised several projects signed by the government with China, claiming it was the latter’s way of increasing its influence in Malaysia.
By G Vinod
