It was a cold morning...I was preparing breakfast and watching the morning news on the TV. There was this running segment showing about "Ma country" health minister stranded in sex scandal...the Taiwanese use short form ---- "Ma country" could be Malawi and could also be Malaysia.... I quickly go to the door step and get the morning newspaper....I then glanced throught the news paper's international segment. The was this photo attached - a half naked lady sitting on the bed and a male standing...well, indeed it was Malaysia the news referring too...
A kinda shock for me....Big big news...a quick rising star in the Malaysian chinese politic circle - a little too fast I think. He was state excutive councilor (equivalent to state minister) for quick sometimes and suddenly he was in the cabinet as a minister without going through the position of parliment secretary and deputy minister. I am surprise he refuse to resign initially, such a big scandal.
2 years ago when I went back to Malaysia, I paid a visit to my old St.John HQ and chatted with my ex-area commander(now state commander). He told me that the Heamodialysis centesr they were running were about to shut down as this minister strongly required them to get a part time/ preferably full time doctor to station in their Haemodialysis centers("s" means more than 5 !)..I was their choice before I left and they had invited me to join, but I was dedicated to get my specialistship so I turned down their offer. He described a very embarrassing gathering with the minister showing a "hard rock" face during a offical function of haemodialysis center. A tough man with a strict manner...
After he declared his resignation in the evening, I read the interview published on the Sin Chiew net ... He is still "tough" - he claimed that he was caught because he was unlucky and because he used the same room in the same hotel ..... I am glad he was unlucky and have to step down.... a man setting some stiff standard for others but blamed his bad luck for being caught doing something wrong - what a politician...
No comments:
Post a Comment