>Subject: Why Sultan of Terengganu does not like Idris Jusoh]
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>One thing that Malaysia Today would like to raise is the matter of
>Terengganu's oil royalty which we hope Mahathir will address on 28
>July. Since the mid-1970s, Terengganu had been enjoying a 5% royalty on
>all the oil and gas extracted in the state. That is what is provided
>for under the Petroleum Development Act. In fact, not only Terengganu,
>but any state in Malaysia where oil and gas is extracted they would
>enjoy the same. However, in 2000, this royalty was withdrawn and
>converted to Wang Ehsan (goodwill money). Suddenly, the RM800 million
>or so a year that Terengganu was supposed to get as its 5% share of the
>oil and gas revenue was transferred out of the state and into the hands
>of one man, Idris Jusoh.
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>Malaysia was then already suffering from an outbreak of JE. But in
>Terengganu it was JE of another kind, Jusoh Enterprise, Idris Jusoh's
>family business. Jusoh Enterprise or JE was suddenly flush with funds,
>RM800 million a year to be exact. Then, in 2004, Umno, under the
>stewardship of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, won back the state from the
>opposition. But the state did not win back its 5% oil royalty. The Wang
>Ehsan continued and Idris Jusoh, who now became the Chief Minister,
>continued to single-handedly manage the fund. Even the State Economic
>Development Corporation (SEDC) and the Terengganu State Economic
>Planning Unit (UPENT) were left totally in the dark. One man, Idris
>Jusoh, decided how the money was spent, and it is a lot of money.
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>But the new Prime Minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, would not tolerate
>one man managing the state's coffers. He wanted Idris Jusoh's hands out
>of the RM800 million a year cash box. However, to revert to the 5%
>royalty only meant that the money would come directly under state
>control. That would not serve their purpose. They wanted direct control
>of the RM800 million. Now it was under the control of the Prime
>Minister's Department but passed down to Idris Jusoh's hands.
>What they needed to do was to get Idris Jusoh's hands out of the
>equation.
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>Then Khairy Jamaluddin, Abdullah's son-in-law cum adviser, came out
>with a fantastic new 'umbrella concept', better than even Mahathir's.
>They wanted control of the RM800 million a year. But they did not want
>to get it out of Idris Jusoh's hands by putting it into the hands of
>the state. That would merely be a case of out of the frying pan, into
>the fire. They wanted direct control of the money without Idris Jusoh
>deciding on how the money is spent.
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>And this is how they did it.
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>First they appointed Wan Farid, Khairy's 'running dog', as Abdullah's
>Political Secretary. Then they appointed Wan Hisham, Wan Farid's
>brother, as the State Exco Member in-charge of tourism. Then they gave
>Patrick Lim, Khairy's business partner, the sole monopoly of all state
>tourism projects. Now the network is intact and Idris Jusoh has been
>cut off.
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>Patrick Lim's job is to create all sorts of state tourism projects at
>hugely inflated prices. He would then propose these projects to Wan
>Hisham, the man in-charge of tourism. Wan Hisham would then pass them
>on to his brother, Wan Farid. Wan Farid would then pass them on to
>Khairy. Idris Jusoh would of course be left out of the loop and he
>would only know about them when it was a fait accompli -- as the Malays
>would say, "Nasi sudah jadi bubur."
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>They built 30 houses at RM1 million each on an island in the Terengganu
>River. They launched a RM300 million a year yacht race called the
>Monsoon Cup. Hundreds of millions a year is being spent to 'attract
>tourists to Terengganu'. It seems this year the amount of Wang Ehsan
>has shot up from RM800 million to RM1 billion -- so there is even more
>money to play around with.
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>To ensure that Idris Jusoh keeps his hands out of the cash box,
>Abdullah himself chairs the state meetings though he is the Prime
>Minister and not the Terengganu Chief Minister. Of course, Idris Jusoh,
>being the Chief Minister, is allowed to sit in on these meetings though
>he has no say on what they propose. Patrick Lim, though he is not in
>the government, is also allowed to attend these meetings.
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>Abdullah would then propose all sorts of tourism projects conjured by
>Wan Hisham, Wan Farid and Khairy. Details are of course not discussed;
>only the gist of things and the amounts involved. Whenever Idris Jusoh
>raises any questions, he would be told to 'leave it all to Patrick Lim
>who knows what to do'. Idris Jusoh is not to involve himself in the
>details.
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>After awhile Idris Jusoh got quite pissed and tried to resist. One
>project that he knew nothing about was placed before him and he was
>told by Patrick Lim to sign the papers. But how could he sign the
>papers when he knew nothing about it and would eventually have to bear
>responsibility for it?
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>Patrick Lim walked out of Idris Jusoh's office and phoned Wan Farid who
>complained to Khairy. Within an hour Idris Jusoh received a phone call
>from Abdullah who ordered him to sign the papers, which he of course
>did straight away.
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>Patrick Lim's hold on Abdullah was apparent to all but somehow not to
>Idris Jusoh. One day Abdullah visited Terengganu to chair the regular
>meetings on how to spend Terengganu's RM800 million (which is now RM1
>billion because of the increase in oil prices). Idris Jusoh fetched
>Abdullah from the airport but before his car could move Patrick Lim's
>car cut in front of Idris Jusoh's car and Abdullah got out of Idris
>Jusoh's car and got into Patrick Lim's car. Idris Jusoh should have
>realised then who really runs Terengganu.
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>Yes, RM1 billion a year is a lot of money. This money, which should
>belong to Terengganu, is not going to the state. It is going to Wan
>Hisham, Wan Farid, Patrick Lim and Khairy. And Abdullah chairs the
>state meetings to decide how the money is spent. And Wan Hisham, Wan
>Farid, Patrick Lim and Khairy help spend the money. And they spend it
>all. And Idris Jusoh has no say in how it is spent. And if he refuses
>to sign the papers he will get a phone call from Abdullah.
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>Now do you know who runs this country? Abdullah says he and not his
>son-in-law runs this country. Idris Jusoh however will tell you that
>Khairy runs this country. And Khairy also runs Terengganu and manages
>its RM1 billion a year through Wan Hisham, Wan Farid and Patrick Lim.
>And Abdullah chairs the Terengganu State meetings on behalf of Khairy
>and according to the plan on how Patrick Lim wishes to spend the RM1
>billion a year.
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>And now do you know why Mahathir is so pissed? And he has every reason
>to be pissed. In fact, I too am pissed. And that is why I agree that
>Mahathir stays pissed with Abdullah and his son-in-law. The Terengganu
>issue alone is enough for me to get pissed. And rest assured that
>Terengganu is but the tip of the iceberg.
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>Yes, it is nice being able to walk in the corridors of power. And much
>can you do when you walk in the corridors of power. And RM1 billion a
>year is nice to manage if you have that power to do so. And when you
>walk in the corridors of power you would of course have that power.
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