Ali Rustam: Only RM600,000 to fete sons wedding guests


KUALA LUMPUR, October 3 It only price RM600,000 to feed the record-setting 130,000 guest who turned up for his son's matrimony last weekend, Malacca Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam has said, rubbishing claims the intemperate take the break would have set him back in between RM1.3 million as well as RM13 million far some-more than he could means upon his public menial salary.
The matrimony has come under intense public inspection after inhabitant news group Bernama reported upon Sunday which 26-year-old Mohd Ridhwan's matrimony to Nur Azieha Mohd Ali, additionally 26, lasted eight hours, with the series of guest which included dignitaries like Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah as well as Malacca Yang Di-Pertua Negeri Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob earning the place in the Malaysia Book of Records.
Mohd Ali(picture)told The Malay Mail he had hired 30 chefs for the "Malay matrimony with kampung-style cooking" who any baked up the biryani take the break for 2,000 guest each, catering to 60,000 people during RM10 per head.
But any serving could feed 3 people, the 63-year-old Umno veteran told the English daily, adding which the RM600,000 was sufficient to feed up to 180,000 guests.
Mohd Ali additionally told the paper which multiform corporations such as local break company, Mamee Sdn Bhd, as well as beverage firm, Orang Kampung Drinks Sdn Bhd, had advertised their products in the immature couple's matrimony commemoration book, suggesting they helped to comment the reception.
"As advertisers, they have to compensate the announcement price by giving divided products, such as 50,000 cans of Kacip Fatimah drinks," he was reported to have pronounced in the text message.
Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lawmakers have demanded he divulge entirely all sponsorship details, observant the ! revelati on of sponsors will hint some-more questions about the correspondence of accepting money from businesses to compensate for the wedding.
"The arch apportion contingency divulge who sponsored his son's wedding," pronounced Betty Chew, the DAP representative for Kota Laksamana.
"He contingency be transparent, you additionally wish to know because they were sponsoring Mohd Ali's son's wedding," she toldThe Malaysian Insider.
Chew additionally mocked Mohd Ali, observant he was now some-more popular than Datuk Seri Najib Razak as the arch apportion could draw 130,000 people to his son's matrimony whilst the budding apportion could only capture the 100,000-strong audience for his new Aidilfitri celebration in Putrajaya.
Her DAP colleague, Taiping MP Nga Kor Ming, had formerly lifted identical questions in his Twitter microblog account.
"Itu duit siapa?(Whose money is it?)" he asked.
DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang used his Twitter comment to assume serve upon the price of the wedding, observant the party appeared to price RM100 the chairman or potentially RM13 million only for the food.
Malacca PAS report chief, Asyraf Mukhlis Minghat, additionally alleged which the arch apportion had abused his in front of in using apparatus from state supervision agencies for the matrimony festivities.
"We received report which logistics rigging such as marquees, chairs as well as most some-more were taken from local supervision councils such as the Alor Gajah Municipal Council, Jasin Municipal Council, hang Tuah Municipal Council as well as the Malacca City Hall.
The arch apportion contingency divulge who sponsored his son's wedding. He contingency be transparent. We additionally wish to know because they were sponsoring (the) wedding. Betty Chew
"It is an corruption to use supervision skill for personal purposes," Asyraf toldThe! Malaysi an Insider.
The controversy over the matrimony funding could harm the statute Barisan Nasional (BN) government's chances during the 13th general elections which contingency be called within 6 months.
The issue appears to have sparked the firestorm upon social media networks with critics panning the state BN leadership as well as detracting courtesy divided from what ought to have been the immature couple's happiest occasion.
"Seramai 130ribu yang hadir ke majlis perkahwinan anak ketua Menteri Melaka berapa ramaikah yang makan di meja VVIP, berapa ramaikah yang makan di meja VIP dan berapa ramaikah pula yang makan di meja anjing dan kucing dengan menggunakan pingan polyform? Harap2 semua 130ribu tetamu yang hadir di layan sama rata tak kira yg miskin atau yang kaya yang ternama atau tidak bernama. Harap tidak tidak ada orang miskin yang hadir makan menggunakan pinggan pinggan anjing dan kucing," the Facebok user identified as Abu Nawas wrote in Bahasa Malaysia.
[Translation: "As most as 130,000 attended the matrimony of the son of the Malacca arch minister, how most ate during the VVIP table, how most ate during the VIP list as well as how most ate during the cat-and-dog list using polyform plates? Hope all 130,000 guest were treated similarly regardless bad or rich, distinguished guest or non-distinguished guest. Hope no bad chairman benefaction ate using plates for dogs as well as cats."]
Other detractors poured identical scorn upon the affair.
A Twitter user identified as safibnrahman wrote upon his account, "Majlis perkahwinan anak Ali Rustam di anggarkan RM3 juta. Ingat kawan-kawan. Ini hasil menabung. Jom menanbung. Ptuih![Ali Rustam's son's matrimony estimated to have price RM3 million. Remember friend. This is the result of savings. Let's save. Ptuih!]"
The Malacca PR wish the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to examine the CM for energy abuse.
PKR Youth! chief, Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin, who is the Malaccan, pronounced the state antithesis agreement will be marching to the anti-graft body's state bureau during 11am tomorrow to pressure them to look into the allegations, following Mohd Ali's disclosure in The Malay Mail.
The counsel pronounced it was highly doubtful which Mohd Ali could have funded the accepting upon his RM15,000 monthly salary, even if he had saved up for it.
He added which whilst Malay weddings were cheaper than Chinese ones, they would not price as most as RM600,000.
He pronounced the reasonable amount to outlay would be from RM20,000 or up to RM60,000 but the figure Mohd Ali spelled out was as well intemperate by Malay standards.
"We suspect he is spending beyond his means," Shamsul Iskandar toldThe Malaysian Insider.
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