In his speech debating the motion, Khairy Jamaluddin (BN-Rembau) took the opportunity not only to shoot down the points raised by Pakatan Rakyat MPs but to take jabs at component party PKR's de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim.Azmin Ali (PKR-Gombak) had earlier cited the allegation that the government had used Petronas' profits to save Bumiputera Bank.Petronas had also been made to bail out shipping company Konsortium Perkapalan Bhd (KPB), in which former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad's son Mirzan had a majority stake, Azmin claimed.
Khairy, however, turned the tables on PKR by noting that Anwar was the finance minister during the KPB bailout."Don't you know he was also part of the government back then? Of course, he knew where the money went," said Khairy."When he got sacked, (only) now he's speaking up. What a hypocrite!" added Khairy, resulting in several minutes of pandemonium in the House.
Describing Pakatan MPs' proposals in relation to Petronas as "simplistic and childish", he did not let up but upped the ante in levelling his attacks on Anwar.Accusing him of being a "puppet" for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), he concluded by saying that Pakatan should ask the latter for help."(Perhaps) they should ask for International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s help as they are "international loan shark and Anwar is a puppet for them," said Khairy,It led to several minutes of pandemonium as Pakatan MPs stood up in protest and loudly, but vainly, demanded a retraction.
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