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Nazrin’s succession to the Perak throne depends on the goodwill of the federal government. But only if the state

government is a Barisan Nasional government will there be this goodwill. If Pakatan Rakyat remains the state government, then

expect Nazrin to pay the price when his time comes to succeed his father.

THE CORRIDORS OF POWER Raja Petra Kamarudin

E ALL KNOW what happened in

Perak. What many do not know is

why it happened.W If you can remember, it took one week for the

Perak and Selangor state governments to get

sworn in after the March 2008 general election.The Sultans of these two states wanted to first

‘discuss the matter’ with the Pakatan Rakyat

State Assemblypersons. The Sultans then set

certain terms and conditions before agreeing to

swear in the new Pakatan Rakyat state

governments.

This gap of one week allowed the old Barisan

Nasional state governments time to remove and

destroy quite a lot of very damaging evidence of

the wrongdoings of the previous governments.

The one-week delay also allowed Barisan

Nasional to negotiate the possibility of PAS

teaming up with Umno to form the state

governments in Perak and Selangor. Umno even

agreed that PAS would become the Menteris

Besar of these two states. And, to add icing to

the cake, Umno even agreed to allow PAS to

implement Islamic laws in these two states.

But PAS stayed loyal to their two other partners

in Pakatan Rakyat, PKR and DAP, and they

declined Umno’s offer. Finally, the two Sultans

had no choice but to swear in the Pakatan

Rakyat state governments in Perak and

Selangor. But this did not stop them from

plotting behind the scenes on how to bring

down the governments.

The Sultan of Selangor was quite prepared to

consider the whole matter a fait accompli. After

all, Pakatan Rakyat in Selangor had a clear

majority and it would be quite difficult to buy

off so many State Assemblypersons. But Perak

was another matter altogether. Pakatan Rakyat’s

majority in Perak was thinner than in Selangor.

As soon as the new state government had been

put in place, the Sultan of Perak began askingfor this, that and the other. The Pakatan Rakyat

Perak state government would have been quite

prepared to tolerate some of the demands of the

Perak Palace for the sake of maintaining a good

relationship with the Palace. But what the

Sultan and his family wanted was just too

excessive and the Pakatan Rakyat Perak state

government had no choice but to say no to the

Sultan’s demands.

And this, of course, upset the Sultan. So, when

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Pakatan Rakyat lost its majority in the Perak

State Assembly, it did not take too much

persuading for the Sultan to agree to swear in a

new Barisan Nasional state government.

At first, the Sultan was not too sure whether he

should kick out the Pakatan Rakyat state

government in favour of a Barisan Nasionalgovernment. When the Pakatan Rakyat Menteri

Besar, Nizar Jamaluddin, went before the Sultan

to request that the State Assembly be dissolved

to make way for fresh state elections, the Sultan

said he would think about it first. But

immediately after that the Prime Minister, Najib

Tun Razak, went to meet the Sultan and the

Sultan was persuaded to reject the Pakatan

Rakyat request to dissolve the State Assembly

and instead he swore in Barisan Nasional as the

new state government.

Najib’s ‘persuasion’ was simple. Nazrin, his

son, should not be the Raja Muda of Perak. And

this means he should also not be the next Sultan.

And in the event that the Sultan dies, as surely

he will one day, the federal government will not

support Nazrin as the next Sultan of Perak. See

what happened to Negeri Sembilan. Although

the Yamtuan appointed his son as the regent,

this does not mean he becomes the next

Yamtuan.

So, Nazrin’s succession to the Perak throne

depends on the goodwill of the federal

government. But only if the state government is

a Barisan Nasional government will there be

this goodwill. If Pakatan Rakyat remains the

state government, then expect Nazrin to pay the

price when his time comes to succeed his father.

Furthermore, the Sultan and his family hasasked for a lot of things from the Pakatan

Rakyat state government, all of which they

rejected. Umno will ensure that the Sultan and

his family get whatever they want if Barisan

Nasional takes over as the Perak state

government.

And with that Pakatan Rakyat’s fate was sealed.

The Sultan swore in Barisan Nasional as the

new Perak state government and Pakatan

Rakyat was sent into the opposition aisle.

What was it that the Sultan and his family

wanted which Pakatan Rakyat said no to and

which Barisan Nasional has now said yes? Yes,

let us see how in just a few months the Sultan

and his family has suddenly become one of the

richest royal families in Malaysia, of course, at

the expense of Pakatan Rakyat.

1. Umno gave the Sultan a piece of state

land known as lot 183578. The land is

approximately 600 acres in size and is at

Tanjong Tualang in the district of Kinta.

This land has been parked under the

name of the Sultan’s proxy, Mohamed

Khaair Johari Hj Osman.

2. Umno gave the Sultan a 1,000-acre

timber concession along the 11kmGerik-Kupang highway in Ulu

Kenderong, Gerik, Hulu Perak. This

concession was originally given to

Universiti Utara Malaysia. However, it

was later revoked and given to Pusat

Kreatif Kanak-Kanak whose Chairman

is Raja Datuk Seri Ashman Shah Ibni

Sultan Azlan Shah.

3. Umno gave the Sultan seven timber

concessions at compartments 39, 41, 42,

43, 44, 45 and 49 in the Kenderong

Forest Reserve in Hulu Perak. The seven

lots, which come to approximately 600

acres, were parked under two proxy

companies of the Sultan -- Syarikat

Zotonjaya Sdn Bhd and Kibaran Wang

Sdn Bhd.

4. Umno is about to approve a proposal for

reforestation involving 10,781 hectares.5,781 hectares is at the Gunung Besout

Forest Reserve in Southern Perak while

5,000 hectares is at Pondok Tanjung in

the Larut Matang district. The company

that will get this huge project is

Permatang Utama Sdn Bhd (company

registration number 513583-D) whose

Executive Chairman is Datuk Seri Ismail

Farouk Abdullah, the Sultan’s son-in-

law.




5. Further to that, Datuk Seri Ismail Farouk

Abdullah was allowed to take over the

state-owned Casuarina Hotel in Ipoh for

a negotiated cut throat price of only

RM43 million whereas it can fetch a far

higher price on the open market. The

hotel is located in one of the most primeland in Ipoh and just the empty land

alone is worth a huge amount of money.

It is not that the Perak Royal Family is destitute.

It is more like they are greedy. Raja Datuk Seri

Eleena Azlan Shah is a

Director of GAMUDA

BERHAD and is

Malaysia's 25th richest

person I with assets

worth over RM 773million. This makes

her the second richest

woman in Malaysia

after Puan Sri Chong Chook Yew, who occupies

the number 18 slot with more than RM 1 billion

in assets.

Gamuda Berhad has been awarded more than

RM10 billion worth of contracts. It also

operates and maintains 230 kilometres of highways plus is a major township and property

developer with four township projects involving

more than 30,000 houses.

So there you have it. Perakians, in particular the

Malays, think that the opposition is not showing

the Sultan of Perak the respect he deserves.

What they do not know is the Sultan does not

deserve any respect. And many are also not

aware why the Sultan wanted Pakatan Rakyat

kicked out of Perak.

Now, we hope, they do.

The children of Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-Lah, the Sultan of Perak

From left: Tunku Datuk Seri Kamil Tunku Rijaldin and his wife Raja Datuk Seri Yong Sofia, Datuk Seri Mohd SallehIsmail and his wife Raja Datuk Seri Azureen, Raja Muda Perak Raja Dr Nazrin Shah and his wife Tuanku Zara Salim,Raja Kechil Tengah Perak Raja Datuk Seri Ashman Shah and his wife Datin Seri Noraini Jane, Raja Datuk Seri Eleenaand her husband Datuk Seri Ismail Farouk Abdullah.

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