Growing up as a kampung boy, the story of Daim Zainuddin always captivated me. The kampung boy from Kedah who rose to prominence as lawyer, politician, and one of the richest people in Malaysia. More so as he achieved all that and kept a low profile. Nobody in my lower secondary class knew Daim Zainuddin except 2 guys who happened to be sons of staunch PAS and PKR supporters. Back then, PAS and PKR were in the same boat so they collectively hated Daim since that's what Anwar taught his goons to do.
The disgusting politics of slander and revenge must stop. As I've said before, absent of any substantial evidence apart from all hearsay, Daim was innocent. And if he did use his political influence to do his business dealings, so what? So many other tycoons got away with way more than that. Aside from that, Daim made his bones and money fair and square. Only 2 types of people hate him: Anwar's followers and that's a given since they're all braindead who take Anwar's each ketimbang word for gospel, and second, the non-Malays who couldn't stand seeing a Malay like Daim become richer than them since Malays are supposedly a "stupid, savage race" who doesn't know the first thing about business. In fact, if Daim was a non-Malay, he would've been revered like Buddha and all his success credited to the so-called "C*inaman business acumen" no matter how corrupt he was. But alas, for all his wealth and success, Daim wasn't immune to the evils that run deep in some people's Godless blackened hearts. I pray that Allah swt's retribution fall upon them, and may it be harsh and swift.
Daim Zainuddin (1938-2024).
Innalillahiwaiinailaihiraji'un. Al-Fatihah.
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