Putrajaya must apologise for lies about pink diamond, says Rosmah

Noel Achariam Noel Achariam Updated 7 years ago · Published on 10 Apr 2019 12:22PM · 4 Comments

Rosmah Mansor leaving the Kuala Lumpur court complex today after being charged with corruption. The wife to the former prime minister says people believed lies because they are more savoury. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Najjua Zulkefli, April 10, 2019.

ROSMAH Mansor wants the Pakatan Harapan government to apologise to the people for lying about her link to a multi-million ringgit pink diamond.

 The wife of former prime minister Najib Razak said the lies were spread in the run-up to the last general election and people had believed them.

“It’s sad that the people chose to believe lies.

“Some had come and apologised (to me) and I forgave them.

“But what’s more important is to (Putrajaya) apologise to the people,” she said after claiming trial to a new corruption charge at the Kuala Lumpur High Court today.

Yesterday, Deputy Finance Minister Amiruddin Hamzah told Dewan Rakyat that the wife of a VVIP did not purchase a pink diamond.

Amiruddin told the house that the pink diamond linked to a high-profile case was not purchased by the wife of a VVIP and that it was a sales agent who had brought the piece along with other jewellery into the country for the woman’s viewing.

Amiruddin also said that the sales agent had declared the jewellery to Malaysian Customs.

“No, purchase occurred because the agent had taken the jewellery out,” he had said.

Rosmah said the slander about the pink diamond was one of many lies that were spread about her because her husband was the prime minister then. 

“Whatever he had faced, I had to go through the same thing because I’m his wife.

“The people chose to listen to all the lies, to all the untrue stories that have been told that was smeared against me and my husband. 

“So, we just have to go through it and unfortunately the people suffered.”

She said the people chose to believe lies because they are more interesting.

“But, thank God everything is now settled.”  – April 10, 2019. 

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Comments

  • Apology lanciu

    Posted 7 years ago by Chean Ang Heng · Reply

  • Do not be too happy about the pink diamonds not being a concern and nothing to lay you on that. There are many many many more goodiess that will stretch you thin to be convicted. You will be crying soon.

    Posted 7 years ago by Lee Lee · Reply

  • Jho Low paid for the pink diamond outside Malaysia using 1MDB money. The payment was made on her behalf after she viewed it and approved the purchase.
    Jewellery is one of the favoured methods of transmission of money launderers. It's easy to carry and to dispose of through 'friendly' jewellers.
    The question is in which safe deposit box in Europe has she hidden it?

    Posted 7 years ago by Arul Inthirarajah · Reply

  • Still think the Rakyat is stupid.

    Posted 7 years ago by Concerned Citizen · Reply