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> WHO IS THE REAL DAIM?
>
> Books have been written about Tun Daim Zainuddin, but not many
> people know
> who the real Daim is. He
> is famous for being taciturn. Everyone knows that Daim is the
> silent type;
> so silent, in fact, that the victims
> of his scheming and conniving have fallen like ten pins without
> ever
> knowing what hit them. He has, on the
> quiet, made a career of shooting poison darts, laying booby
> traps, and
> knifing friend or foe in the back.
> His hand is never seen, but his mark is everywhere. Truth to
> tell, he has
> been at the root of many
> national crises, but his name has never been smudged, thanks to
> the wealth
> he wields and his
> bond of friendship with Dr Mahathir.
>
> Most members of Umno?s new generation are aware that Daim is an
> acquisitive
> millionaire and a macho
> man with a taste for young women, but they concede him these
> weaknesses
> because they see in him a
> clean and competent Economic Adviser to the Government. But the
> generation
> of Harun Idris, Musa
> Hitam and Manan Othman, to name just a few of the old hands ?
> they are the
> ones to ask in order to
> discover who the real Daim is. It was Datuk Harun who plucked
> Daim from
> depths of failure in the salt
> business. Daim'? wife Mahani and Harun'? wife Salmah were good
> friends and
> influential pair in the early
> 1970s. It was wife power that moved Harun to give Daim 160 acres
> of prime
> Kampung Pandan land. And
> thus Syarikat Maluri was born.
>
> There is no use of speculating over how much Daim paid Harun.
> After all,
> the two were fast friends. For
> the gory details, just ask Low Kiok Bow or Thamby Chik. They can
> relate how
> Daim cheated a land
> broker and greased Selangor state executive councilor and
> Mahathir
> brother-in-law Ahmad Razali for
> that piece of land. Of course, Daim still had to pay for the
> land. In those
> days, it wasn?t easy to borrow
> from bank. Hence, he was forced to corrupt Bank Bumiputra.
> Lorrain Osman
> and Rais Saniman know
> how much he spent. Manan Othman can no doubt confirm the figure;
> he was so
> close to Daim that they
> used to share a girlfriend, with Manan often borrowing the
> bedroom at
> Daim?s office in Taman Maluri.
> Daim, thus, has distinguished himself as the first Malay
> entrepreneur to
> give bribes.
>
> Daim?s elevation as Senator and subsequently, minister of
> Finance, was part
> of Mahathir?s strategic
> plan. Mahathir?s choice should surprise no one, after all the two
> were
> intimate friends from the same
> kampung in Seberang Perak, Alor Setar. Upon becoming Prime
> Minister on 16th
> July 1981, the first thing
> on Mahathir?s mind was how to sideline his archenemy, Tengku
> Razaleigh
> Hamzah. Daim told everyone
> he had no interest in politics, but all the while he was
> confident of
> getting the Finance Minister?s job after
> a stint with the Senate. A few months after joining Senate, Daim
> became the
> third most important man in
> the Federal Cabinet, after the Prime Minister and his deputy.
>
> Musa Hitam, the Deputy Prime Minister, was at first oblivious of
> the closet
> ties between Mahathir and
> Daim. Innocently, he expressed to Mahathir his disquiet over
> Daim?s
> kneeling and dealing, particularly his
> award of projects and contracts to his own associates and
> cronies. It must
> have baffled Musa when his
> complaints fell on deaf ears. Although he was Deputy Prime
> Minister, he had
> no say when it came to
> economic matters, particularly privatization and the assignment
> (to
> supporters) of economic projects.
> How disappointed Musa must have been to find that Daim couldn?t
> care less
> about his effort to help his
> supporters secure some projects or contracts. Daim succeeded in
> making
> millionaires of such cronies of
> Wan Azmi, Halim Saad, Tajuddin Ramli, Shamsuddin Hassan, Razali
> Rahman, and
> Tan Sri Basir, but
> Musa in the end was cast off as a poor ex-DPM. Musa once
> complained to
> Mahathir that Daim has
> stolen a number of his supporters? project proposals, but again
> Mahathir
> ignored him. These were the
> first cracks in the eventual breakup of the Mahathir-Musa
> partnership. As
> the interest of Daim, Mahathir
> and Razaleigh bloated, Musa got squeezed out.
>
> Many Umno members assume that Razaleigh is Musa?s number one
> enemy. In
> fact, the blame for the
> 1986 split in Umno must fall on Daim. It was he who drove Musa to
> the edge
> until he had no choice but
> resign. Again, Daim?s man-of-few-words demeanours worked to his
> advantage.
> Few knew of his
> behind-the-scenes role in that Umno rupture, and not many more
> know it
> today. One really shouldn?t
> wonder why Musa called a
>
> Page 2 truce with Razaleigh and the two decided to collaborate in
> the 1987
> fight, the one that eventually
> caused Umno to be outlawed. At that time, Daim was almost
> invincible, what
> with support coming from
> such strongmen as Sanusi Joned and Anwar Ibrahim. The comradeship
> of the
> three was rock solid and
> the Musa-Razaleigh camp could do nothing except to make a joke of
> it by
> giving them the nickname
> AIDS.
>
> To enable the formation of the new Umno, Daim and Mahathir had
> first to get
> rid of the Lord President,
> Tun Salleh Abas, Daim was the chief plotter in sacking of the
> wise, pious
> and respected Tun Salleh, and
> his replacement with Tun Hammed, a playboy and chronic gambler,
> but
> Mahathir?s and Daim?s
> schoolmate. The appointment of Hammed triggered the collapse off
> the
> integrity and the independence
> of judiciary.
>
> As Finance Minister, Daim persuaded Mahathir to give the Economic
> Planing
> Unit and Treasury full
> power in implementing the privatization policy. Thence, it was no
> longer
> necessary to call for tenders for
> government projects. Instead, the projects were offered directly
> to
> favoured companies. And so began
> the era of wealth accumulation by Daim and his cohorts. The
> United
> Engineering Company, bought for
> RM2, changed into multi million ringgit corporation. As Finance
> Minister,
> Daim practically ordered banks
> to lend to companies that he himself owned. And no Daim crony
> ever
> complained of difficulty in securing
> bank credit. Indeed, bankers lived in fear of Daim. Having
> appointed Wan
> Azmi and Basir to head
> Malayan Banking and Bank Bumiputra, he could give any project to
> any of his
> cronies because funding
> was not an issue.
>
> As if those physical projects were not enough, Daim also took
> every
> opportunity to rake in wealth from the
> share market as well. Every time the Treasury approved a company
> for
> listing on the stock exchange,
> Daim cronies received their lion shares. That was how stocks in
> Southern
> Bank, Resort World, Sports
> Toto, Berjaya, Tanjung and scores of other blue chip firms landed
> with Daim
> and Company. Once, when
> share values were rocketing, Daim boasted among friends that his
> visible
> wealth alone totaled
> RM65 billion. To shut the mouth of Barisan Nasional leaders, Daim
> gave
> massive projects to Samy
> Vellu and Ling Liong Sik so that their children could be......
>
> Why did he quit?
>
> Daim managed to fool Umno members into believing that Mahathir
> would not
> let him go although he had
> asked to be relieved of his Cabinet post on a number of
> occasions. With
> Musa and Razaleigh out of
> picture, Daim could grab as much wealth as he wanted without even
> Mahathir
> stopping him. Besides, he
> was Umno?s treasurer and he could make it look as if the
> companies he
> controlled were those in which
> the party had a stake.
>
> Daim?s avarice damaged not only his own images as finance
> minister, but
> also Mahathir?s and
> Malaysia?s reputation with the international community. It is
> said that he
> used to demand exorbitant
> fees for himself in negotiating contracts involving foreign
> suppliers. The
> chairman of Japan?s two
> biggest banks ? the bank of Tokyo and Sanwa Bank ? once
> complained to
> Mahathir that his Finance
> Minister demanded commissions that were too high when negotiating
> yen
> loans. Margaret Thatcher, too,
> has complained about Daim?s role as a commissioned agent. He had
> ? or still
> has ? accounts in Zurich,
> London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore, Caymen Island, Channel
> Island and
> Virgin Island. Indeed,
> instead of keeping his billions in Malaysia, he has stashed them
> overseas.
> With his immense wealth and
> far-reaching influence, Daim eventually became a burden that
> Mahathir could
> no longer bear. In every
> deal he made, there was something in it for himself. It was not
> beneath him
> even to conspire with
> Lee Kuan Yew to snatch KTM land, Tanjung Pagar, in Singapore. The
> Malaysian
> Cabinet had
> no knowledge of this. But this issue of Malaysia being cheated by
> Lee Kuan
> Yew and Daim is
> far from over.
>
> Mahathir eventually realised that he had to end Daim?s lordship
> over the
> Finance Ministry. And so he told
> him to quit. Mahathir worried that if Daim continued as Finance
> Minister,
>
> complaints would come not only
> from Vincent Tan, Ananda Krishnan, Arumugam and other members of
> the
> Malaysian business elite, but
> also from foreign leaders. Signs of a Daim-related scandal were
> ominous and
> it could break anytime in
> Japan or Britain, therefore, Daim had to go.
>
> Daim?s resignation was planned such that it would not appear as
> if he had
> been sacked. Indeed, it does
> not make any sense why a powerful Finance Minister, rich and in
> control of
> so many public companies,
> would suddenly quit simply because he had lost interest in the
> job. The
> truth is that he was ordered to
> resign. Observers will recall that Mahathir?s first comment on
> the
> so-called reaction was: "He has asked
> several times for permission to resign, and I?ve finally allowed
> it. I hope
> Daim won?t leave the country after
> resigning." The statement was pregnant with meaning. Mahathir
> knew Daim was
> sulking. So did Anwar
> and Sanusi. Mahathir retained Daim as Umno Treasurer for a good
> reason; he
> wanted to ensure the
> safety of Umno money, a lot of which was under Daim?s control.
>
> But Daim, who holds so many of Mahathir?s secrets, is truly a sly
> one.
> After resigning he ran off to live in
> his San Francisco residence. He told the Malaysian public he
> wanted to
> study at Harvard, but in fact he
> wanted to leave Malaysia. Mahathir, who was familiar with Daim?s
> trades,
> pleaded with him to come
> back, saying he needed him to advise on economic matters. Daim
> returned and
> announced that Mahathir
> had named him Economic Adviser to the Government. Rafidah asked
> Mahathir to
> confirm this, but all she
> got was a silence. Daim was never formally appointed as Economic
> Adviser, a
> post which Tun
> Raja Mohar once held. The appointment is the prerogative of the
> Public
> Service Department.
> Daim gave himself the job. To keep Daim happy, Mahathir allowed
> him to open
> an office at the
> Economic Planning Unit, and this strengthened the public
> perception that he
> was still in control as far as
> economic affairs were concerned.
>
> When he was told to resign as Finance Minister, Daim asked
> Mahathir to
> appoint Anwar Ibrahim to the
> job. Obviously, he thought this would help to ensure that his
> skeletons
> would remain closeted. He warned
> Mahathir of the peril that Rafidah would be to both of them; the
> secrets
> they shared would be uncovered.
> Daim also persuaded Mahathir to appoint Mustapha Mohammad as
> Anwar?s deputy
> because these two
> could be depended on to fill up the holes he had left gaping.
> Anwar is
> nobody?s fool, but he sacrificed his
> idealism to protect his towkay.
>
> As far as we know, no Finance Minister in this world has retired
> a
> billionaire, except Daim. In the book
> Daim yang Diam: Sebuah Biographi (Daim the silent: A Biography),
> Daim
> explains his retirement: "I?m
> happy in retirement. It was too heavy a responsibility. In truth,
> I love
> the business world. Business is in my
> blood. I love to make money. I know how to do it. I can do it
> just by
> sitting in this chair. On a lucky day, I
> can make millions."
>
> Friend of Soros
>
> According to an internal bank analysis, corroborated by the
> corporate
> community, and a hint from Daim
> crony Amin Shah, Daim?s wealth, in ringgit and foreign currencies
> kept
> overseas, currently
> amounts to RM20 billion. With so much money at his disposal, Daim
> can
> manipulate the Kuala Lumpur
> Stock Exchange. He showed his hand in 1991, just to prove how
> much
> influence he wielded. After selling
> off his stocks, he made a statement to the effect that the market
> would
> crash. And crash it did. As we can
> recall, even Mahathir couldn?t help but make a wry remark when
> Daim boasted
> that he invested in KLSE
> only for pocket money. But to his good friend, Daim said he could
> turn in
> profit on RM90 million a day
> when the market was up. When the market was plummeted in October
> 1991, Daim
> bought back his
> share on the cheap. When the market turned bullish again 1995 and
> 1996,
> Daim made billions of
> ringgit. This, then, is what the work of an economic adviser
> amounts to.
>
> So, it turns out that Soros isn?t the only big time market
> manipulator and
> currency dealer. Daim met Soros
> twice in London when ringgit was being hotly traded. Anyway, when
> the
> ringgit fell below RM4 to the US
> Dollar. Mahathir asked Daim for help and, according to a source
> in
> Singapore, he lost RM1 billion trying
> to prop up the Malaysian currency. To lose that much in currency
> trading,
> imagine how much money he
> had at his disposal.
>
> The falls in currency and share values put Mahathir in a feverish
> panic. He
> knew his policies and his own
> belligerent attitude were partly to blame. Seeing Mahathir in
> such a
> frenzied state, Daim recommended
> that he declare a state of emergency to enable him to restore the
> economy
> and, at the same time, bury
> the corpses that were beginning to stink. We hail the Chief
> Secretary to
> the Government and the
> Solicitor-General for opposing the move. If Daim?s plan had been
> followed
> the Malaysian economy
> would be utterly ruined. Having failed to declare an emergency,
> Mahathir
> set up the national Economic
> Action Council, headed by Daim, with the Economic Planning Unit
> as its
> Secretariat. The original plan
> was to give the NEAC complete autonomy, but the Cabinet ministers
> opposed
> to this for fear that they
> would lose any vestige of power they had left. Eventually, the
> council
> become merely an advisory body,
> with the Cabinet having final say on its recommendations.
>
> The establishment of the council was to wedge between Anwar and
> Daim. Thus,
> two old friends who had
> together stood behind Mahathir against Musa were now turned
> against each
> other. All the council?s
> recommendations were rejected by the Cabinet and Bank Negara.
> Daim openly
> assailed bank
> Negara for dismissing his proposals, such as those relating to
> interest
> rates and credit control.
> We salute the bank Negara Governor for maintaining a prudent
> monetary
> policy in the face of Daim?s
> bullying and insults. Unlike Daim and his cohorts, Bank Negara?s
> officials
> are not self-serving. Daim?s
> appointment to NEAC was a major national mistake.
>
> Going by press reports of its deliberations so far, the NEAC?s
> sole
> preoccupation is with saving
> mega corporations from bankruptcy. No doubt, these are
> Daim-related
> companies. Daim has
> yet to show any concern over the rise in the price of chilies, or
> the leaps
> in fish prices or how
> the price of rice has boiled over. Neither has he talked about
> small
> businesses in their death
> throes. Class F contractors going bankrupt or kampung-road
> projects being
> abandoned. In his
> dictionary, there are no entries for the small man?s worries,
> nothing about
> low-cost houses,
> water cuts, or study funds for the children of poor Malays. In
> fact, it
> contains only billion-size
> figures. While the Malaysian economy is close to ruin, Daim
> remains a
> billionaire, living a life of glamour,
> jetsetting with his new wife Naimah and the attractive Josephine,
> an Indian
> lass who helps him run one of
> his firms, the International Malaysian Bank.
>
> We have merely given a sketch of who the real Daim is. A thorough
> account
> will soon be available in
> book form. We recommended the book to Umno members, especially
> those with
> big ambitions, because
> they will learn from its fantastic-but-true tales of economic and
> political
> intrigues. We denounce the
> likes of Vincent Tan and Ting Phek Khiing for land-grabbing, but
> perhaps we
> should ask the
> Mentri Besar of Johore and the Mentri Besar of Kedah how much
> land Daim has
> taken. Ask
> Sanusi how much Daim paid to the Kedah government for 12,000
> acres in
> Sungai Petani and how much
> profit he made from them. For 12,000 acres, Osman Arof had to be
> sacrificed. The true story of the
> Daim-Sanusi conspiracy in Kedah will be exposed in the book.
>
> Umno is at a crossroads and has to decide wisely where is it
> going. One
> road leads to glory, where
> stability and democratic practice will abide. The other leads to
> division,
> autocracy and, ultimately, utters
> destruction. The call for REFORM, which used to be made only
> whispers at
> small, secretive gatherings,
> is becoming louder. Umno members, showing that they can no longer
> contain
> their restiveness and
> frustration, have begun to openly debate the need for change,
> even at party
> conventions. Can there be a
> clearer indication that they have reached their tether?s end,
> that they can
> no longer stomach the
> leadership?s undemocratic attitude and the prevalence ? whether
> in the
> party or the government ? of
> favouritism, cronyism, nepotism, graft and other misdeeds? Malay
> nationalism is dead and materialism
> and egoism are running amok.
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