NAZIFUDDIN Najib, son of former prime minister Najib Razak, has once again earned himself brickbats on social media after he uploaded a posting on catching the World Cup final in Moscow yesterday.

Before the match kicked off, he posted a photo of himself at the Luzhniki Stadium on Facebook, with the remarks “Yeah! Finals! Croatia versus France, which is your pick?”

He also uploaded a photo of himself with retired French footballer Christian Karembeu at the stadium.

Nazifuddin’s latest posts came about a week after he criticised the authorities of freezing the bank accounts of his older sister Puteri Norlisa, who has cancer, leaving her with difficulties to pay for her chemotherapy treatment.

Social media users are now questioning whether the Najib clan truly had no money because of the frozen accounts and needing donations.

M Ahmad Mohamed remarked: “You have so much money to go travelling, live a luxury lifestyle. You all said Najib and his kids’ accounts are frozen.

“Maybe the Taiwanese girlfriend or overseas friends sponsored him? Nazif is so lucky.

“Umno members were running about donating and raising money for the father, but the son relaxes and enjoys. Your luck, donors,” he wrote.

Just earlier this month, a day after his father was charged in court with three counts of criminal breach of trust and misusing his position in relation to the RM42 million SRC International scandal, Nazifuddin came under heavy fire for being photographed in Taiwan having wine with an actress.

At the time, funds were being raised to pay half of Najib’s the RM1 million bail because the authorities had frozen the former leader’s bank accounts and those belonging to his children.

After the backlash, the Taiwanese actress Celia Chang reportedly said she was not in a romantic relationship with Nazifuddin and had footed the bills for the both of them during their outing.

Elliot Thian said even if Nazifuddin had sponsors to make the trip to the World Cup final, he should had been smarter than posting about it on Facebook.

“If you are smart, you go there without ‘heboh-heboh’ (telling everybody). No one will create so much fuss with the current scandal,” he said.

Khal Syafiq told Nazifuddin to help his father and pay his sister’s medical bills, if he had thousands to fly to Russia for the World Cup final.

Clareen Choo remarked that a ticket to the final cost over RM4,000, not inclusive of flight and accommodations.

“You earned my respect by spending (on the ticket to the game) but not helping your dad,” she said.

But some also defended Nazifuddin, like Mohd Ariff who pointed out that the businessman was secretary-general of the Malaysian Olympic Council (MOM or OCM).

“He was there on FIFA’s (International Federation of Association Football) invitation. On MOM and KBS’s (Youth and Sports Ministry’s) budget,” he said.

Moris Legeh also said he believed Nazif was there on his official capacity as OCM secretary-general, adding that he felt sorry for the latter.

“When his father was in power, Nazif was not popular. Many did not know he is Najib’s son. When Najib was in power, he did not enjoy any special treatment in the government.

“It is only after he defended his father when the latter was charged in court that Nazif became popular. His own father didn’t even make him an election candidate. Hope you have patience and continue your work at OCM,” he said.

After Najib’s fall from power and charged in court, his entire family’s movements and social media postings have been closely watched.

Nazifuddin’s half sister Nooryana Najwa also drew flak earlier this month when she complained about her frozen accounts, including the savings account she opened for her baby son.

She also found little sympathy from social media users when she tried to defend her father and asked people to think of him. – July 16, 2018.