Rafidah: Younger generation should emulate Kuok

PETALING JAYA: The younger generation should emulate the principles and values held by billionaire Robert Kuok, says former cabinet minister Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz.

"I never saw him in any light other than as a person whose principles and values the younger generation should try to emulate," she said in a Facebook post on Sunday (March 4).

Rafidah said Kuok, whom she had known personally since the early 1980s, is a person of integrity, honesty and ethics.

The longest serving International Trade and Industry Minister, who held the post from 1987 to 2008, added that she had even gotten Kuok to speak with her kids when they were young about ethics.

Rafidah pointed out that even though the general election was around the corner, it did not give the licence to anyone to practise filthy politics, raising issues that would divide multi-racial Malaysia, and demean and character assassinate individuals.

"Please, in the spirit of Malaysia, our entrepreneurs have been investing to add value to our economy and nation," she said.

Tourism and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nazri Abdul Aziz had described Kuok as a "pondan" (effeminate), and had challenged him to return to contest in the coming polls, adding that he should also give up his Malaysian citizenship.

This follows after blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin posted three articles in his website Malaysia Today, alleging Kuok was funding various political parties to overthrow the Government.

In response, Kuok refuted the allegations, and said he reserved the right to take action against the portal.