JOHARIWINDOWS: I don’t obey puppet-masters, TMJ fires back

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Monday, June 15, 2015

I don’t obey puppet-masters, TMJ fires back | Free Malaysia Today

JOHOR BAHRU: The Crown Prince of Johor Tunku Ismail Ibni Sultan Ibrahim has this time fired a lengthier salvo in the current spat of sorts raging between him and Tourism and Culture Minister Nazri Abdul Aziz, in the form of a post on the Johor Southern Tigers Facebook page.

“You are a minister, not a God from the heavens who lords over everybody,” said Tunku Ismail in his post entitled ‘Message for Malaysians’, an apparent jab at Nazri, who is only named in the post as ‘a minister’.

“Do not think that the people of this country exist to provide you with position and wealth. The position exists for you to serve the people.”

Tunku Ismail, popularly known as TMJ (Tunku Mahkota Johor), had earlier criticised prime minister Najib Razak for not turning up at the Nothing2Hide forum in Kuala Lumpur this month.

Nazri had responded to that with an implied threat at a press conference at the University of Malaya last Saturday.

“If you hold an important post as royalty in the state, and if you start to say things, if then we (the government) hit you back, don’t get angry,” he had said.

“I think he should keep out of politics, otherwise he may be subjected to the same rule. We will whack him.”

Tunku Ismail questioned the minister’s hostile response to his ‘gentle reminder’, and wondered what chance the rakyat would have if he himself received such a reply.

“I never told anybody to step down or resign, only to remind politicians of their roles and responsibilities. If you cannot deal with that, it just shows your arrogance to the people.”

“I envision a future that every person has a right to voice their opinions. However, that is not the case in Malaysia today, where ministers think they are untouchable,” he said, and stressed that his speaking out was in his capacity as the leader of his rakyat, and on behalf of Johoreans and Malaysians.

“I am not a politician. I am only answerable to Allah, my Sultan and the people of Johor. I do not do the bidding of some puppet-master who pulls the strings,” Tunku Ismail said. “Johor only has place for those who want to serve the people, not for those who want to garner votes for their own interests,” said Tunku Ismail.

He warned Nazri to not use him to divert attention from national issues, and said that the country needed clean and transparent politicians who would carry out their duties with sincerity and integrity.