Isn't politics interesting? But what is even some-more engaging is: what is Daim's purpose in this total thing? Is Daim, by his protg as well as nominee, Wan Azmi, fighting for change as well as would similar to to see Umno kicked out? Or is Daim some-more meddlesome in saying PKR separate in to dual camps and, by Wan Azmi, is making certain that they have millions to outlay to have this possible?
THE CORRIDORS OF POWER Raja Petra Kamarudin
Tun Daim Zainuddin met up with Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in a US in 1978 where Dr Mahathir swayed Daim to return to Malaysia to competition a general choosing that was held that same year. Dr Mahathir additionally offering Daim a Chairmanship of a Urban Development Authority (UDA).
Daim was not meddlesome in taking up a Chairmanship of UDA, that he deemed as well big as well as widespread, as well bureaucratic, as well as you do as well many things during a same time. Instead, Daim referred to that UDA form a land association so that all a resources could be eliminated to this land company.
Peremba was determined as this land association as well as Daim became a nonexecutive Chairman with a group of young as well as splendid handpicked officers to support him. Amongst these protgs were Tan Sri Wan Azmi Bin Wan Hamzah, Tan Sri Halim Bin Saad, as well as Tan Sri Samsuddin Bin Abu Hassan, all obvious Umno cronies as well as nominees.
Today, you wish to speak about Wan Azmi, as well as you can read some-more about him in a reports next if you wish to. And why do you wish to speak about Wan Azmi? Well, given Wan Azmi is one of those millionaires (or is it billionaire?) who have been financing a antithesis parties.
That is well as well as fine. After all, you need money, copiousness of money, to w! in a ele ctions, especially given Umno as well as Barisan Nasional have been going to outlay no less than RM1.5 billion in a entrance election. Hence, Pakatan Rakyat needs Malaysian, American as well as Middle Eastern tycoons to assistance account a elections.
But Wan Azmi is a Daim protg as well as Umno nominee. He made income by Daim as well as Umno. So why is he right away appropriation a opposition? Has he turned? Has he repented? Is he suddenly contemptible that he ripped off a country as well as right away wants to give during a back of a small of this income by appropriation a opposition? Or is he a Trojan horse who is perplexing to move a antithesis down?
In fact, Wan Azmi is not usually appropriation a opposition, or rsther than PKR. Wan Azmi's man, Wong Chen, who played a vital purpose in Zaid Ibrahim's failed bid to win a Hulu Selangor parliamentary by-election, is right away a strategist in PKR, together with a right away important Rafizi Ramli who unprotected a NFC fiasco. The alternative person in their group is Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, a Communications Director of a celebration who was Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim's Political Secretary before Faekah Husin took over.
Nik Nazmi as well as Rafizi, Azmin loyalists as well as his 'secret weapon' to prevent Nurul Izzah's rise
And all these people have been Azmin Ali loyalists. And they have been bent upon making certain that Nurul Izzah Anwar does not emerge as her father's successor.
Rafizi essentially longed for to competition a PKR Youth Leader's post in a final celebration election. And he longed for Nurul Izzah as his running mate given he knew he could usually win if Nurul Izzah was in his team. But Nurul Izzah did not wish to competition a Deputy Youth Leader's! post. S he longed for to competition a Vice Presidency so Rafizi had no choice though to abandon his devise to contest.
Khalid knew that he was surrounded by Azmin loyalists. Hence he made a preference to replace Nik Nazmi with Faekah, a Dr Wan Azizah Dr Wan Ismail loyalist. Of course, a Azmin camp is perplexing very tough to get absolved of Faekah though so far they have not succeeded because, in spite of a 'letter of recommendation' controversy, Khalid is still backing Faekah, many to a chagrin of a Azmin camp.
Their goal is that Nurul Izzah will be degraded in Lembah Pantai in a entrance elections, that will cut her political career short. Then, in a next celebration elections, Azmin will competition a Presidency with Rafizi as his Deputy as well as Nik Nazmi as one of a Vice Presidents. And with Wan Azmi's assistance this might all come true. Hell, Wan Azmi might even chuck a couple of tens of millions in to Raja Nong Chik's choosing debate to assistance him defeat Nurul Izzah.
Rafizi's resignation not long ago as well as a conflict upon Faekah have been not isolated or separate incidences. There have been moves by a small buliding to check a ambitions of Azmin's group as well as Rafizi was one of a victims of a counter-move by these people. Rafizi was upset that Anwar did not come to his invulnerability though instead adopted a 'hands-off' process in his normal 'divide as well as rule' plan that once saw Ezam Mohd Nor's exit from a celebration for a same reason.
Anwar is not as well happy with Khalid who a celebration views as uncontrollable. Anwar himself certified this during a back of in 2010. But there is zero many they can do given Wan Azizah, by her loyalist, Faekah, is completely during a back of Khalid. Hence it appears similar to it is right away down to a Azmin team, corroborated by Anwar, as well as a anti-Azmin team, corroborated by Wan Azizah as well as Nurul Izzah.
Isn't politics interesting? But what is even some-more engag! ing is: what is Daim's purpose in this total thing? Is Daim, by his protg as well as nominee, Wan Azmi, fighting for change as well as would similar to to see Umno kicked out? Or is Daim some-more meddlesome in saying PKR separate in to dual camps and, by Wan Azmi, is making certain that they have millions to outlay to have this possible?
Well, Dr Mahathir is right away a de facto personality of Umno. That, you all know. Can you assume that Daim, by his protg as well as nominee, is a de facto personality of PKR? And given Dr Mahathir as well as Daim have been in a same team, can we, therefore, additionally assume that Dr Mahathir is a de facto-de facto personality of PKR? Sheeshpoliticsyou never know who your real friends as well as real enemies are.
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Tan Sri Wan Azmi Wan Hamzah
Wan Azmi stairs down as a board part of of Malaysia Airlines
(Bernama, June 2012) - Tan Sri Wan Azmi Wan Hamzah has stepped down as a senior manager of Malaysia Airlines (MAS).
In a statement, a inhabitant conduit said Wan Azmi had announced that he would not find re-election as an independent as well as non-executive senior manager of a association during a 41st Annual General Meeting here yesterday.
Arising from his decision, a resolution seeking shareholder capitulation for his reappointment was withdrawn, it said. The company's authority Tan Sri Md Nor Md Yusof thanked Wan Azmi for his poignant contributions to a inhabitant conduit as a board part of given Aug 9 final year.
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Wan Azmi: Sime is strong
(The Star, September 2011) - Tan Sri Wan Azmi Wan Hamzah of Land & General needs small introduction, carrying been an acti! ve corpo rate player in a 90s. He stays an active portfolio financier though has been thrust in to a limelight after he sole his shares in Eastern & Oriental Bhd to Sime Darby Bhd. Below have been excerpts of an talk withStarBiz.
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Wan Azmi lists firms in London
(The Star, Dec 2007) - Although Land & General Bhd (L&G) founder Tan Sri Wan Azmi Wan Hamzah has kept a internal profile in new years, he stays a shrewd financier with a string of successful listings overseas.
The many new was PureCircle Ltd, a builder of plant-based sweetener, that went open final week upon London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM).
Early backers of a biotech firm, together with a Kelantan-born Wan Azmi, sole 14.28 million shares to a open during 170p each to raise 23.4mil (RM157mil) for expansion.
According to a inventory document, PureCircle was founded in Malaysia in 2002 as well as is headed by handling senior manager as well as co-founder Magomet Malsagov.
It additionally showed Halfmoon Bay Enterprises Ltd as a company's second greatest shareholder with a 10.3% interest post-listing.
Halfmoon Bay is Wan Azmi's family investment vehicle. The same organisation used to own shares in Amway (M) Holdings Bhd when Wan Azmi was a company's chairman.
Wan Azmi withdrew from a internal corporate stage after a fall of his flagship company, Land & General Bhd (L&G), due to a Asian monetary predicament in 1997. His alternative well known listed firm, Rohas-Euco Industries Bhd, is upon a verge of being taken in isolation by Temasek Team Sdn Bhd, a association that Wan Azmi, his m! other as well as associates have set up for a exercise.
Wan Azmi, 57, has confirmed a 6% interest in L&G.
While he stayed in a background during home, a dependent of former financial minister Tun Daim Zainuddin had stepped up his general ventures in new years.
At least 3 companies he is concerned in, together with PureCircle, were floated in London over a past dual years.
They include Steppe Cement Ltd, in that Halfmoon Bay as well as another of Wan Azmi's in isolation entities have been between a vital shareholders.
Steppe Cement, that was floated upon AIM in September 2005, has several cement manufacturing complexes in Kazakhstan.
In an talk with StarBiz in Oct this year, Steppe Cement arch senior manager office Javier Del Ser Perez said that he, Wan Azmi as well as Malaysia-based financier David Crichton-Watt each owned a third of a shares in a cement maker.
The association is value 286mil (RM1.9bil) during a stream market cost of 251p.
Wan Azmi as well as Perez additionally have stakes in a Kazakh real estate association well known as Chagala Group Ltd, that was listed upon a London Stock Exchange's main market in Feb this year.
Wan Azmi as well as Crichton-Watt have been business partners for over a decade.
In theStarBizinterview, Perez said both Wan Azmi as well as Crichton-Watt were invited by Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev in 1995 to demeanour during opportunities in a afterwards fledgling nation.
Meanwhile, PureCircle is said to a world's greatest producer of Redaudioside-A (Reb-A), a healthy high-intensity sweetening extracted from a Stevia plant.
The company's batch hit a high of 186.5p upon a first day of trading, though has given drifted during a back of to near a IPO level. At Tuesday's shutting cost of 178.5p, a association had a market value of 232.6mil.
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