Anwar was anti-Chinese, says Keng Yaik
Former Gerakan president Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik says Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was anti-Chinese when he was an Umno minister for 12 years.
“I had a hard time while Anwar was youth and sports minister, education minister, finance minister and deputy prime minister,” he said in an address at a Chinese association dinner in Batu last night. Lim’s son, Si Pin, is the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for Batu.
“In 1984, when Anwar was the youth and sports mMinister, I, as the party president, was invited by China to a wushu competition and I planned to introduce our lion dance to China as an eye-opener,” Lim said.
“However, when I went to ask Anwar to send a team, he gave all sorts of excuses and rejected my proposal. Luckily, in 1988, I approached (former prime minister) Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad instead, and he approved it.
“When I was made a cabinet minister in 1986, he did the same to me at a ministerial meeting on amendments to the Education Act.
“I almost ‘vomited blood’ when I asked Anwar, who was then the education minister, to repeal a section under the Act, which allowed the minister to shut down a school and also to include vernacular schools under the protection of the Education Act.
“He again gave me all kinds of excuses and he sent his officer to talk to me in a ministerial meeting. Luckily, when (deputy prime minister) Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak became the education minister in 1990, he agreed to the amendments in the second meeting.”
Lim cited another example when Anwar was the finance minister during the 1997 economic crisis.
“Anwar wanted to employ the International Monetary Fund’s suggestion that restricted the country to spend and borrow money, so that all the money can be used to repay the international bank,” he said.
“Luckily, Mahathir managed to scrap his idea. Otherwise, Anwar would have brought the country to doom.”
Lim added: “Anwar is an excellent speaker. But he is not to be trusted as PKR is actually his tool to seek revenge on BN. DAP’s cooperation with PKR is actually worse than cooperating with PAS because ‘the devil you know is better than the devil you don’t know’.
“Initially, Anwar was a potential leader but after 12 years of observation, I can say that if you trust him, he will eat you alive. Do you think he will change after six years of imprisonment? He is now 60 years old, too late for any changes.”
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Former Gerakan president Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik says Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was anti-Chinese when he was an Umno minister for 12 years.“I had a hard time while Anwar was youth and sports minister, education minister, finance minister and deputy prime minister,” he said in an address at a Chinese association dinner in Batu last night. Lim’s son, Si Pin, is the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for Batu.
“In 1984, when Anwar was the youth and sports mMinister, I, as the party president, was invited by China to a wushu competition and I planned to introduce our lion dance to China as an eye-opener,” Lim said.
“However, when I went to ask Anwar to send a team, he gave all sorts of excuses and rejected my proposal. Luckily, in 1988, I approached (former prime minister) Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad instead, and he approved it.
“When I was made a cabinet minister in 1986, he did the same to me at a ministerial meeting on amendments to the Education Act.
“I almost ‘vomited blood’ when I asked Anwar, who was then the education minister, to repeal a section under the Act, which allowed the minister to shut down a school and also to include vernacular schools under the protection of the Education Act.
“He again gave me all kinds of excuses and he sent his officer to talk to me in a ministerial meeting. Luckily, when (deputy prime minister) Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak became the education minister in 1990, he agreed to the amendments in the second meeting.”
Lim cited another example when Anwar was the finance minister during the 1997 economic crisis.
“Anwar wanted to employ the International Monetary Fund’s suggestion that restricted the country to spend and borrow money, so that all the money can be used to repay the international bank,” he said.
“Luckily, Mahathir managed to scrap his idea. Otherwise, Anwar would have brought the country to doom.”
Lim added: “Anwar is an excellent speaker. But he is not to be trusted as PKR is actually his tool to seek revenge on BN. DAP’s cooperation with PKR is actually worse than cooperating with PAS because ‘the devil you know is better than the devil you don’t know’.
“Initially, Anwar was a potential leader but after 12 years of observation, I can say that if you trust him, he will eat you alive. Do you think he will change after six years of imprisonment? He is now 60 years old, too late for any changes.”
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