But OK to take money from rakyat?
Rakyat's money is Royalty's money?
Rakyat's money is Royalty's money?
May 29, 2012
Tunku Ismail took to Twitter to defend his father the Sultan of Johor.
KUALA
LUMPUR, May 29 — Johor’s Tengku Mahkota Tunku Ismail Idris took to
Twitter last night to defend his father’s RM520,000 purchase of the
coveted WWW 1 vehicle number plate, saying the royal family has never
used public money for personal spending.
“JOHOR Royal Family does Not take any Money from the Government.
Since the time of Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim. Feel free to ask the MB or
any Government officials.
“The Money allocated to My Father and I every month as a Sultan and
Tunku Mahkota is put into Yayasan Iskandar and Yayasan Ibrahim. The
purpose of these foundations (Yayasan Iskandar and Yayasan Ibrahim) is
for the Rakyat and to assist the Johor State Government.
“I my self, since the time I was the Raja Muda, Never took 1 cent
from the Government till this very Day. Its my Rakyat’s Money. So before
You Open your mouth. Do your research,” the Johor crown prince posted
on his Twitter account @HRHJohor2 in reply to criticism from the former
Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin.
The royal family’s spending habits came under the spotlight after the
Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Ismail Sultan Iskandar, was revealed as
the person who beat some 10,000 bidders, including the Yang di-Pertuan
Agong, to win the tender yesterday.
The amount beat the record set by the number plate MCA 1 in 2010 for RM300,100.
Mohammad Nizar had tweeted yesterday that the Johor Sultan could have
used the half a million ringgit instead to help the state’s poor Malays
buy homes.
“RM520k bolih dibelanjakan membantu rakyat melayu Johor yg masih
ramai miskin serta memerlukan bantuan utk kprluan hidup, bina 20 rumah
PPRT!” (RM520,000 can be spent on poor Malays in Johor who need help to
survive, and build 20 PPRT (Program Pembangunan Rakyat Termiskin)
homes!” the PAS leader said last night on his account @mbnizar.
The Johor royal household is no stranger to controversy.
Earlier this month, four expatriates alleged they were assaulted by
royal bodyguards while holidaying on the resort island of Rawa, off the
southern state’s coast.
It was the second such reported assault in seven years.
In 2005, six men, said to be from the Johor royal family, were
reported to have gatecrashed a Brazilian couple’s wedding on the same
island and beat up the guests with golf clubs and sharp objects.
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