‘OPPOSITION INVESTING IN FALSEHOOD, AGAIN’
‘They are instilling fear that nation’s sovereignty is lost to China’
DATUK Seri Abdul Rahman Dahlan gives the lie to the recycled allegation that the government is selling off the nation’s sovereignty to China. He says the opposition’s argument is untenable as both Japan and Singapore have far greater investments in Malaysia.
THE opposition is again recycling false propaganda, the latest to instil fear in people that Barisan Nasional (BN) is selling Malaysia’s sovereignty to China.
BN strategic communications director Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Dahlan said the opposition’s propaganda via social media amounted to evil slander (fitnah jahat) and was not based on facts and figures.
“China is the third largest investor in Malaysia after Japan and Singapore.
“If we follow the opposition’s logic, the nation’s sovereignty would have been lost long ago to the two countries other than China.
“The cumulative total investment of China (including Hong Kong) in Malaysia as at last year is worth RM65.0 billion, lower than Singapore’s cumulative total investment (RM116.3 billion) and Japan (RM71.6 billion),” he said yesterday.
Rahman said total foreign investments in Malaysia last year stood at RM565 billion, of which China’s investment was only 11.5 per cent of total overall investments, which include investors from Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States.
“The closer we are to the 14th General Election (GE14), there will be more propaganda disseminated by the opposition aimed at intimidating Malaysians. Malaysians should be cautious before believing and spreading such information.
“As for the opposition, they are willing to do anything for power, including sabotaging the economy and the people.
“BN would never sell the country’s sovereignty to any foreign country.
“Do not abandon your future and our beloved nation (by spreading the propaganda).”
Rahman added that this false information could deter future investors from coming to Malaysia, making fewer jobs available for the people.
He said, however, based on the positive feedback on the nation’s economy, Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) of Saudi Arabia had invested US$7 billion in the Petronas Refinery & Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) project in Pengerang.