Khairy calls Pemandu official ‘Little Napoleon’
By Clara Chooi, The Malaysian Insider
Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin joined netizens today in their Twitter rampage against the 1 Malaysia e-mail project, calling a Pemandu official a “little Napoleon” for saying the government would have to pay for the service.
The Rembau MP questioned the validity of the official’s statement, made on radio station BFM yesterday, pointing out that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had already declared that the project was a private initiative.
Claiming he was “defending” Najib, Khairy said on his Twitter feed, “Why is everyone saying Govt will have to pay 50sen for each email sent from 1Msia email? PM has already said private initiative/investment.”
He then added, “Apparently this is what some Pemandu guy said on @BFMradio. Doubt he knows what he’s talking about. PM already said no govt funds used.”
During the radio interview yesterday, business services NKEA communications content and infrastructure director, Dr Fadhlullah Suhaimi Abdul Malek, had said the government would pay concessionaire Tricubes Bhd about 50 sen per e-mail for the project.
Fadhlullah, who is also the general manager of TM Net’s corporate and strategy services, reasoned that the fee was cheaper than the RM1 printing, stationery, postage and dispatch cost of sending a regular letter, adding that the cost of regular mail could even double to RM2 if a misaddressed letter was sent back on the taxpayer’s dime.
“The poor taxpayer, without realising, is actually allowing wastage of RM2 per post that goes out,” Fadhlullah had said. Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin joined netizens today in their Twitter rampage against the 1 Malaysia e-mail project, calling a Pemandu official a “little Napoleon” for saying the government would have to pay for the service.
The Rembau MP questioned the validity of the official’s statement, made on radio station BFM yesterday, pointing out that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had already declared that the project was a private initiative.
Claiming he was “defending” Najib, Khairy said on his Twitter feed, “Why is everyone saying Govt will have to pay 50sen for each email sent from 1Msia email? PM has already said private initiative/investment.”
He then added, “Apparently this is what some Pemandu guy said on @BFMradio. Doubt he knows what he’s talking about. PM already said no govt funds used.”
During the radio interview yesterday, business services NKEA communications content and infrastructure director, Dr Fadhlullah Suhaimi Abdul Malek, had said the government would pay concessionaire Tricubes Bhd about 50 sen per e-mail for the project.
Fadhlullah, who is also the general manager of TM Net’s corporate and strategy services, reasoned that the fee was cheaper than the RM1 printing, stationery, postage and dispatch cost of sending a regular letter, adding that the cost of regular mail could even double to RM2 if a misaddressed letter was sent back on the taxpayer’s dime.
“The poor taxpayer, without realising, is actually allowing wastage of RM2 per post that goes out,” Fadhlullah had said.
