How Vincent Tan became the Gaming King of Malaysia (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)

Vincent Tan can deny it all he wants. The bottom line is he is the front man for Umno. He is Umno’s nominee. He owns only part of his gambling empire. The rest is owned by Umno but held by him as trustee.

THE CORRIDORS OF POWER

Raja Petra Kamarudin

Tycoon Tan Sri Vincent Tan today said he will appeal to states under Pakatan Rakyat (PR) to rescind the ban on sports betting.

The Selangor, Kedah and Penang governments have already declared that they will disallow sports betting in the states.

“I will appeal to them to be fair minded,” said Tan.

Since the BN government awarded a sports betting licence to Tan’s Ascot Sports Sdn Bhd last month, the DAP has gone on a crusade against them, accusing the ruling coalition of enriching the tycoon but impoverishing the people. – The Malaysian Insider

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The Berjaya Corp chairman and chief executive officer said this to dispel unsubstantiated claims that the money from the deal would go to the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional (BN).

Tan also lashed out at fugitive blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin for raising the allegations.

“The allegations are pure nonsense,” he said. – The Malaysian Insider

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First of all, Vincent Tan did pay Hee of Perak millions of ringgit as an inducement for her to jump ship. This was confirmed by three people. One was a senior man from Umno, the second the President of one of the non-Malay political parties in Barisan Nasional, and the third a Chinese Datuk who is also involved in the gambling business. And these three Deep Throats have never before given me false or wrong information.

In fact, these people told me that Perak was going to fall long before the state actually fell. And they also warned me that Kedah and Selangor were next on the list. They warned me that a ‘shopping spree’ was going to be launched to buy over Pakatan Rakyat Members of Parliament and State Assemblypersons from the Pakatan Rakyat states, Penang included. And they also told me that Vincent Tan was footing the bill.

Today, what I had been told has proven to be true.

Do you know that Vincent Tan does not really own the entire interest in his gambling empire? He owns only part of it. The rest belongs to Umno but held under trust by Vincent Tan. This was the deal struck way back when Ahmad Sebi Abu Bakar, then the CEO of TV3, conjured the scam during the time when Daim Zainuddin was the Finance Minister.

Ahmad Sebi told Vincent Tan that Umno could not park the shares under its own name because, being the so-called largest Muslim party in the world, as Tun Dr Mahathir himself had declared, this would be a sensitive issue. So they needed to hide Umno’s interest under a non-Muslim nominee. And Vincent Tan is that non-Muslim nominee.

Now you know how Sports Toto ended up in the hands of Vincent Tan.

Then what about the tens of thousands of ‘one-armed bandits’ that Vincent Tan is operating all over Malaysia, East Malaysia included (which has the most number of machines per capita)?

Why are the police not raiding these illegal gambling outlets to confiscate the machines and arrest the operators? Well, they do, actually, but the police only raid those outlets not owned by Vincent Tan. Those ‘competitors’ to Vincent Tan suffer police raids and confiscations. Those owned by Vincent Tan do not.

Speak to any Chinese underworld boss. Go have a Chinese dinner in Jalan Imbi at Sakura or one of those places and talk to the Chinese underworld people. I have. And they will be able to tell you how the scam works and why Vincent Tan has kekebalan (immunity) while the others do not.

How do I know all this?

Let me put it this way. I was there when the deal was struck. Maybe Vincent Tan does not remember me. Well, his Malay directors do because I went to school with some of them and two of them were actually my batch-mates in the Malay College Kuala Kangsar.

Yes, Vincent, I was that Kwailo-looking guy in the bush jacket who was sitting across the table from Ahmad Sebi when you walked into the room without knocking and interrupted our meeting.

Next time knock first before entering. Don’t barge in like you are so fond of doing. You barged into the room and interrupted our meeting without giving me any face. You did not even look at me and acted as if I was invisible. Then you started talking about your scam as if I was not there.

And that was your mistake, Vincent. As Julia Roberts said in ‘Pretty Woman’: big mistake.

So your arrangement with Umno is not something new. It is a very old arrangement since the time when Ahmad Sebi was heading TV3 and when Daim Zainuddin was the Finance Minister. And your one-armed bandits licence was an arrangement since the time when Mohd Farid Ariffin was the Deputy Finance Minister. And when Farid Ariffin tried to end your monopoly of these slot machines, you arranged for his political career to come to an early halt.

But never mind. Farid Ariffin is now heading a more worthy cause. He set up MAKNA (http://www.makna.org.my/) that is helping to fight cancer. You did the nation a great favour by forcing him into retirement for opposing your monopoly on slot machines. Now we have MAKNA (Majlis Kanser Nasional or the National Cancer Council).

Translated into Chinese at: http://ccliew.blogspot.com/2010/06/blog-post_6686.html

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written by lynn, June 07, 2010 22:08:14

If Opposition supporters themselves, plus them advising everyone they know to boycott all of vt's businesses, the outcome will be phenomenal. Start the boycott now! Let's make it happen. If collectively, Malaysians can wake up & stop patronising Sports Toto outlets now, it will be another tsunami. Come on, we can do it, TOGETHER WE WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN. The culprit who made PR state govt of Perak fall, must pay back big time. First, get people to boycott Sports Toto outlets! Let that counter crash on KLSE!

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written by Mestizo, June 07, 2010 18:05:09

Vincent, lets say for the moment, we believe what you said. Meaning no kickback money from you or your companies to BN or BN Politicians. Meaning that you have no role to help BN to wrest control of Perak.

Even if the above if true, there is no reason for the government to give the license to you without proper and open tender. Anyway, as long as you license is not properly tender, I support the Pakatan Government for not allowing you to operate in their state. If the above it not true, you and your family will be cursed for generations. So if you accept this Sport Gambling license, it means you accept this challenge. So I pray you are not lying otherwise, it will be very very sad for your future generation.

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written by Nixcloud, June 07, 2010 17:05:44

malaysia memang boleh! we must be the only country in the universe to legalise gambling for the good of the rakyat..... instead of talking with the mouth, the govt only knows how to fart thru their ars*

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written by lamakawan, June 07, 2010 14:58:03

Vincent Tan, Vincent Tan............Wake up.... wake up
Before you are swarmed by the UMNO bees, looking for honey in your palms!!!!
We all know you have to grease the palms of your masters in UMNO
You cannot deny this This is a fact as reflected in your quick response yesterday in wanting to donate all your sale proceeds of RM500 million plus to charity !!!!!!!!!
Money does not belong to you, so the donations has no bearing on your feelings of such a huge amount of money to charity !!!!!!!!!
Wake up, vincent, stop being a stooge of umno

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written by mikewang, June 06, 2010 21:07:57

After the Lingam video recordings scandal, there is not a single doubt in my mind that this man is capable of doing what you accused him of, YM Pete.

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written by hellosunshine, June 06, 2010 16:19:40

Wow! This guy makes Al Capone and the Mafiosi look like a boy scouts selling cookies. It's his connections and the politicians who walk in the corridors of power that will destroy the nation making the rakyat gambling zombies and addicts, getting themselves into debt with the Alongs (VT's too?) . No wonder the Alongs are so brazen.

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written by Prince of India, June 06, 2010 13:51:35

BRO, This idiot have small police station at his office.All his bodyguards from ex UTK OR D7 personal.He will shoot info to kill the illegal book makers by receiving info from their bodyguards whom receive info from their colleague who still serve in PDRM. Most of the D7 personal under his payroll.

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written by Aduh, June 06, 2010 11:03:17

Malaysia takes pride in using the word Darul after each state's name.

najis and other muslim ministers. What about.re-naming the nation to " MALAYSIA DARUL JUDI." After all, Malaysia Boleh

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written by hellosunshine, June 06, 2010 09:41:32

And I'll bet you (oops! haram) Mahafiraun has all 10 fingers plus his dickie in the haram pie. That's why he is so buddy buddy with VT.

+114

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written by Stupid me, June 06, 2010 08:25:15

Maybe past present leaders can swear at a holy place(s) that they were not involved with VT in any way and have never taken anything from VT. The that will clear the picture, like previously happened.

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written by malaysianohope, June 06, 2010 08:07:27

Usually this scum, Vincent Tan does not like the limelight but after the call to boycott his gaming establishments by both Penang & Selangor State Governments he is feeling the pinch as both states have the largest n wealthiest non Muslim populations. CT is getting what he deserves

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written by educationist, June 06, 2010 07:03:49

Disgusting isn't it ?
How deceitful and corrupt the UMNOputras are?
But they will get away with it for the simple reason there's no institution of state left to make the UMNOputras accountable!!
The solid evidence that will make VIncent Tan's denial meaningless can't be produced.
And so, we the rakyat who have been informed and who care, must make our own statement known even if it be inconsequential to Vincent tan: We will not patronise any Sports Toto outlets nor the soon to be launched sports betting.!!
That we can do!! For us, that's good enough!!

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written by temenggong, June 06, 2010 06:51:51

"Only thing is, he hasn't got the license to operate China Doll Chicken Farm yet."

No he doesn't. That is because large feng tau discos, KTVs and china doll 'chicken rice' outlets are the preserve of the Police, and not Umno. They take 60% of the profits. I intimately know of these things.

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written by KELVIN308, June 06, 2010 03:51:48

This is the best revelation of the year from RPK so far. Hopefully, RPK has more concrete details with regards to Vincent Tan role as the nominee for Umno in gambling licence and Vincent Tan link to underground world.
What about Daim role in this? Mahathir came out strongly support sport betting licence. What about Mahathir link to Toto shareholding or Vincent Tan's business empire?
Recalled V.K Lingham tape regarding Berjaya Group, Vincent Tan not the controlling shareholder but Daim?
If RPK possess more facts about these Biggest Lanun, Malaysian will realise how the PM for 22 years make this nation rotten to the core.

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written by Aduh, June 06, 2010 03:03:35

Pukimak vincent. With few ringgit , you may be able to buy an umNO or beEND goon to get whatever you want. They are worse than vultures.

Pakatan is not like umNO or beEND. Don't waste their time by appealing to them.

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written by lynn, June 06, 2010 02:31:37

All profits from gaming activities shld never enrich any individuals personally but this country has been ruined by that fcuking mamak from kerala! That evil specimen was responsible for "closing down" social welfare lottery & giving licence to crony to operate Pan-Msian Sweep. In HK, the HKJC contributes huge chunk of its profits to schools, hospitals, etc. In Bodohland, profits from gaming end up in the hands of a few cronies. Msians are so ignorant & stupid not to understand this!

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written by lynn, June 06, 2010 02:21:38

Sports Toto is a very viable 'business' for this piece of turd. Try to get people to boycott sports toto outlets. To kill off his pay-offs to froggies, kill off sports toto lah - if people knew the games are fixed, they wud stop patronising sports toto. Go & spread the news far & wide!

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written by Middle Path, June 06, 2010 02:05:44

Just boycott what he has so his so called right and left hand man wont be driving porsche instead perodua kancil.
Can you guys do that ?

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written by arazak, June 06, 2010 02:01:02

rocky,
Zulkifly Nordin "senyap" because he had also consume the "haram" money from UMNO. The "haram" money must have tasted good to him. So are the other "frogs" such as Ezam and Zaharin. . ., seronok depa makan duit Vincent Tan!

+105

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written by hunkeyboy, June 06, 2010 01:35:45

sebi, sebi. you must think you did right about everything you carried out, but did you ever think for even a moment that the mamak was and will forever be a cancer in our country, alive and dead?
if you have to ask why, is there any point for those of us NOT umno/malay, or money-grabbing, or simple and decent law-abiding nons raising and asking questions like these? a damning book has been published about that big image imposter Daim (he always makes himself self-defacing, humble slipper-wearing hombre -- until he became Mamak's righthand man and The Doer). hope it reveals the s**t in the whole wriggly nest! hope you get by sebi.
as for that Big Mac guy, i wish we could now sing "starry, starry night ...."

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written by alphabetagamma, June 06, 2010 00:34:28

RPK please give us some inside info on this Better Malaysia Foundation

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written by alphabetagamma, June 06, 2010 00:25:25

Hi RPK,

Hope you read the comments. Just how is (good) Malaysia going to do without you and your sources of info. We who looks for reforms are greatly indebted to you.

If you do read this comment, hope you will tell us more about this Vincent's Better Malaysia Foundation

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written by durianbesar, June 06, 2010 00:23:27

A long time friend said, that while he worked and reported to Mokzhani, he once saw a watch.... and playfully asked him if he could have one from his collection... this bagero Mokzhani said NO..... what a greedy fcuk head he was... I was told that his mother was the biggest greedy fatherfcuking women... and that included her entire family... too......

The mamakpukithair, was also behind alot of the theft of money from the state coffers by many hidden ways and sleight of hand....

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written by rocky, June 06, 2010 00:04:23

Zulkifli Nordrin MP Kulim mengapa diam saja pasal judi bola ni. pejuang Islam Zulkifli Nordin senyap saja. Mana? Bising la sikit. dah kena beli ke?

+125

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written by rocky, June 06, 2010 00:00:06

UMNO gave out one sided contract to PLUS cos they were the end beneficiary thus doesn't surprise me if they did with Sports Toto. Dr.M doesn't do things without a plan and he wanted the $$$$.

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written by Better My, June 05, 2010 23:21:42

Yes, the right thing to do, the way it is now under Tan.
"Re The Selangor, Kedah and Penang governments have already declared that they will disallow sports betting in the states"

Cripple this Tan business with the blessing of good rakayat today. Bring it down on its knees.

And cripple his other business interest as well
Boycott Vincent Tan’s Ascot Sport, Sports Toto, MacDonald's, Krispy Kreme, 7-Eleven, Wendy’s, Starbucks, Berjaya hotels

TELL ALL.

Unite EW to save Malaysia. Jeff K/Sabah, You are becoming a biger arsehole like VTan..

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written by malaysianforever, June 05, 2010 23:18:08

Duit haram is for BN and UMNO only.No thanks fir your charity, VIncent. The money os derived from blood and sweat and toil of the poor. The millions are nothing but DUNG in the eyes of the almighty or God or ALLAH.

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written by caheng, June 05, 2010 23:17:45

I really wonder how legalized betting will reduce illegal ones, after all those illegal 4D existence depend on legal one. I suspect that with legal sport betting, the total market of sport betting(legal and illegal) will expand. Though the profit margin of illegal ones will be affected; this will be neutralized by increased demand. In short, legalized sport betting will not reduce illegal ones, but will cause more people to bet, especial those youngster.

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written by betasigma, June 05, 2010 23:00:15

spot on! RPK..this jerk hav been the frontal runner for the umno thieves n bandits since mahatahi's time..umnogoons not only the actual major stake holder ,now..they need the 'lesen judi' to launder their ill gotten corrupted wealth...the picture is crystal clear..do u really believe that vincent tan needs this 'ascot' for his business??he n the umno goons need it badly for their 'money laundering' cuci-cuci hogwash...well,jus go n ask bukit aman who was the biggest underground bookie for the last two world cup n what was the relationship between him n vincent tan????

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written by alacarte, June 05, 2010 22:29:06

Vincent is UMNO's money bag? No wonder, Berjaya's reach in business in Malaysia is really pervasive, its really hard to boycott his business, Mc Donald, Berjaya resort Hotels, Golf Clubs, Gaming, 7 Elevan, Umobile, Cosway, the Hokkien will say "Ha Mi Lan Ciau pun u (macam macam pun ada)"

Only thing is, he hasn't got the license to operate China Doll Chicken Farm yet.

+112

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written by smalluncle, June 05, 2010 22:25:46

Ok all you kaki judi out there, me included, I know if you were ask to boycot Toto for good, your hand will be so itchy, you will ball will get infected by the itch.

So as not to loose your ball, can we all boycott TOTO for the rest of JUNE?

come on guys, lets do it.

(little secret, If we do, Toto will have to make us strike Jackpot more often for the next few draws than to cheat us of the Many multi million draws who "SUDDENLY" won by a LUCKY fella before ~~katak jumps~~ or any ~~buy erection~~

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written by Angela Ooi, June 05, 2010 22:01:33

Remember, those tens of thousands of one-arm bandits are good places to legit the tons of haram $$$!!

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written by Saint, June 05, 2010 21:40:25

Come on people; let us give this "XXXX" the benefit of the doubt.
Since he has agreed to give it to donations, I am sure it will not be too hard for him to list out the organization.
So VT - When can we have the list
Or is is under OSA also.

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written by nagappan, June 05, 2010 21:36:56

How come Ibrahim Perkosa very quiet?

+150

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written by Middle Path, June 05, 2010 21:17:20

He can say whatever he like.
His personal wealth not even that much.
He's just another liar.

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written by zam3886, June 05, 2010 20:03:29

The fact of the matter is that sports betting is a thriving business conducted by many illegal bookies at the moment and I am not sure if any of the money is channeled to charitable courses. Legalizing it, like Uk, Singapore and many other places, can ensure that part of the money is spent in a more transparent way.

Maybe a compromise deal can be like this - all RM525 million be donated to the Pakatan states and share a certain portion of all future gaming profits with these states.

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written by Hanuman, June 05, 2010 19:45:40

VT is definitely a nominee of BN esp for the shorty who has squandered and plundered billions from the Rakyats with the blessing of Mamak Kutty. Ahmad Babi is only an office boy. Till today Najis or Sleepy Dollar had not or could not and obviously will not do anything to rope in the shorty and he has been roaming the whole world.........buying banks and selling them back to our Malaysian Bank for a hefty profit.
Other than VT, the other nominee is Robert T and his in law (Desmond L). They are partners of the shorty and during the days Najis was Edu Minister, the Bukit Bintang Girls School was sold to them. VT was a 30% shareholder. As we all know BBGS is now redeveloped as Pavillion KL. Guess from where Desmond got his funds?
VT, Robert and Desmond should swear on the bible like what Najis did on the quran to prove that they are not related to BN or the shorty.
Semi Value is also the biggest nominee of Mamak Kutty.There are many others and we all know who they are.

+140

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written by Concerned_Citizen, June 05, 2010 19:43:38

Vincent Tan eyes are too high to look at Pete...

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written by arazak, June 05, 2010 19:38:18

Dear Mr. Vincent,

Please do not insult us by by projecting yourself as a very ethical and high moral-value person by wanting to give RMhalf-billion charity to the people. We the people, do not want your "haram" money. You may however give those money all you want to UMNO, Perkosa, Jakim, JAIS, BALKIS and all other organizations and NGOs related to UMNO.

Now it give us some indication why UMNO's behavior is such. . ., as they say, "you are what you eat". UMNO had been consuming "haram" money all this while. Thank you Mr. Vincent for feeding them with your "haram" money.

+178

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written by malsia1206, June 05, 2010 19:26:42

Following right behind the footsteps of the PM seeking a deal and an understanding with the voters in Rejang Park, Sibu, we have this Tan Sri now seemingly seeking a similar deal with the rakyat. I pledge to give charities RM525 million and you do not oppose my sports betting licence. Is that not a deal and understanding by any stretch of his intention? BN and all their cronies always think everything has a price. Perak had a price. Sibu by-election had a price. Now sports betting has a price. Our balls all have a price. The Mongolian mother had her price too but she was dead not to be able to claim her stake. What bullshit is this? Malaysia is truly rotten to the core. And the politicians and their cronies are the culprits. It started with Tun M. His distinguished legacy continues unabated. What a terrible damn outright shame for all Malaysians and this Nation.

+123

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written by temanmu, June 05, 2010 19:26:23

Postal votes are UMNO's fixed deposit but Vincent Tan is UMNO's current account!

+141

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written by zanie, June 05, 2010 19:04:02

Vincent has denied RPK and he, being a kind hearted fella promised to deliver the profit to the needy; UMNO! smilies/grin.gif

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written by storm62, June 05, 2010 19:01:31

Boycott whatever the Berjaya Group deals with....McD, sports toto, berjaya hotels, 7-11 etc etc...

+130

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written by cheekymate, June 05, 2010 19:00:03

I love you so much , RPK. Bring out all their dirty linen and wash them in public. The dirtier, the better. You have just made my weekend perfect.

+142

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written by sedan, June 05, 2010 18:57:57

Why are the police not raiding these illegal gambling outlets to confiscate the machines and arrest the operators? Well, they do, actually, but the police only raid those outlets not owned by Vincent Tan.

Pete,

I am intrigued. I thought the scenario above applied to BK Tan. You had publicly exposed this illegal gambling scam a few years ago.

Now, my question: How is BK Tan connected to Vincent Tan?

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written by Semuaok, June 05, 2010 18:56:28

Vincent,

Non-Profit my ass. Shut down the damn foundation before you hurt more people.

I will believe you when you believe that's for a good cause.

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written by DezMalaysia, June 05, 2010 18:56:01

If Vincent pariah is sincere in donating that 525millions to charity, he should instead donate it to MAKNA to help the poor with canser and not his F@@@ing Foundation like from his right hand to his left hand ! Tiu you Vincent Tan ! You think Malaysians are stupid F@@@ ???