by Ganesh Sahathevan
Michelle Yeoh came out in support of Najib Razak in January 2018, well after the DOJ began seizing 1MDB related assets worldwide, and well after Najib and wife Rosmah Mansor began publicly , and falsely, denying having anything to do with the theft. Her words:
“We are very proud to recognise the fact that he was the one who championed this in the first place as a good neighbour and doing the right thing as a human being. Our PM has shown great leadership together with the Bangladeshi government with our partners in Saudi (Arabia) and UAE (United Arab Emirates),” she said during her visit to the Rohingya refugees’ area here Saturday.
Yeoh was part of the Malaysian special delegation to Cox’s Bazar led by Armed Forces chief General Tan Sri Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohammed Noor. The delegation visited the Malaysian Field Hospital that started its operation on Nov 31 and also the Balukhali refugee camp, located about 10 minutes from the field hospital
Malaysians in particular and Yeoh's adoring fans worldwide have a right to information about the funding for her Najib promotion.
Monday, March 13, 2023
Michelle Yeoh's Oscar win should serve to refocus efforts to recover 1MDB money - Recall Yeoh's defiant " I hope from the bottom of my heart that (Najib) will remain as the prime minister " in 2013
by Ganesh Sahathevan
Yeoh continued to publicly support Najib in Janaury 2018, after the DOJ had started seizing 1MDB related assets
Yeoh has come under social media attack since she appeared at an election rally in support of Najib Razak’s ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional, in the southern state of Selangor on April 20. At the event, the actress said Najib, who is running his first electoral campaign after ascending to his post in 2009, is a leader “who has done so many good things and will do more… I hope from the bottom of my heart that he will remain as the prime minister and I ask all of you to give him a strong mandate.
Yeoh has remained steadfast in her support for Najib. In an interview with Channel News Asia, the actress said: “This is a democratic country and we are free to voice our opinion… I believe all of us want to do good for our country.” Speaking to the Chinese press at a cosmetics launch in Hong Kong on Monday, Yeoh said she is “a straight-talking person, and I will speak out if I have something to say.” The Hollywood Reporter’s requests to Yeoh’s agent for clarification on the matter were not answered at the time of this writing .
Najib won that election, went on to plunder 1MDB, and is now in jail for that theft. The Oscar win is an opportune time to pursue Yeoh for an anwer.
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