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I wonder how much RM1 billion is.                              23Sep12

It is said/rumoured Taib Mahmud and his family have amassed RM64.2billion （RM642亿in Chinese）. 

I often try to figure if the money is expressed in RM100 dollar notes to be put in A4 sized paper boxes.  I wonder how many boxes are needed to hold RM1 billion.

If we stack up 5 boxes in height and 10 boxes across how many kilometres they will run up to.  Well, well, well, and then  RM64.2 billions,  I wonder how many kilometres these boxes will occupy the road. 

I wonder how many billions they can call their own and how many billions in ringgit are ill-gotten through different means of corruption and collusion. 

I wonder whether this is the main reason why he has become so wealthy at the expense of us Sarawakians.  Sarawakians are deprived of so many opportunities and basic facilities as a whole because of him.  He controls almost everything in Sarawak to his advantage.  He and his family enjoy all kinds of luxury at our expense.  We are at the mercy of him. 

          I wonder how much he is responsible for the poor road system and conditions  in Sarawak.  We all feel ashamed of the poor quality of the Pan-Borneo “Highway” which is narrow and winding, more like a kampong road but is forcefully crowned “Highway”.  Whenever I see muddy road people travel, I curse Taib Mahmud and his cronies for the plight.  He and his cronies have plundered us for so long and neglected our needs and interests.  Look at the quality of the houses we see around.  We have to pay more and more for the houses which does not prove of their worth in terms of size and space.  We people are exploited all to the full advantage of Taib Mahmud and his cronies and developers.

I wonder if this is the reason why the 30% equity to Bumiputra still has not reached the targeted point because it has been all taken by the political thugs like Taib Mahmud and his family, his cronies and those related to them.  In other words, it has all been taken by those who are in a circle within the reach to these advantages.  For those who are outside this circle can only watch them become mega-wealthy at their expense.  It is just like every time when we see them banqueted with all the good foods.  Only they have the access to the real food.  We people can only feast through pictures.   For the resources in Sarawak, we people outside the circle can only watch and feel frustrated when only this circle of people enjoy all the fruit of development at our expense. 

     I wonder what ground he stood on when he spoke on “Integrity” to those in civil service.  I saw this activity in the newspaper.  (The Borneo Post).  People like me, of course, laughed our hearts out to see such a scene.  An arch corrupt person and liar who lacked the every quality of integrity to speech on the value of  “Integrity”.  I wonder how many would listen to him / take him seriously.  Pei………….. (we spat or I spat)

          I wonder who does not think he is a laughing stock and a fool who enjoys fooling around and indulges in lying and ‘stealing /swindling /embezzling’.  I wonder how many Sarawakians still take him as a person seriously.  He was so, treacherous,  artful and crafty that so many Sarawakians were fooled by him to believe what the BN government could do for them.  Nowadays, I believe more and more Sarawakians have seen him through and discovered the truth and realised the lies he has said.  It is as clear as the make-up / pretence that a granddaughter aged lady would fall in love with an old man in grandfather rank, 46 years her senior.  

          I wonder what our respected MACC would do if it is proved to be true.  We know it is a heavy task to MACC but it is also a good opportunity for Malaysian Anti-corruption Commission to prove himself/ itself worthy of what he/ it stands.  We people are watching.   We people are more or less ready to flush out those who serve no purpose at all but block the progress of democracy.  This is the trend and be prepared.  Believe it or not, just wait and see.