評論：鄭丁賢‧基爾的政治童話
2009-07-07 19:07
基爾的皇宮，激發了我的人生熱情，也燃起我對未來的希望。
我相信，在馬來西亞的土地上，會有奇蹟產生。
譬如，你可能是阿里峇峇，無意間發現一座山洞，不小心唸出一串咒語；大門打開，山洞裡都是金子。
或者，你可以用很少的錢，買到一塊風水地，地上還會長出屋子。
不相信？看看基爾。
基爾只向銀行借了300萬令吉，就買到5萬多方尺的高級住宅地段。他只花了60萬令吉，修一修屋頂和祈禱室，
地面就會出現一棟，不，幾棟建築，連泳池、游樂場、宴會廳……，都拔地而起；而且，還是峇里風味的喔！
這讓我回憶小時候的床邊故事。
流浪街頭的小男孩，飢寒交迫之際，開始禱告，希望能夠改變落泊的命運。
這時，仙女姐姐出現在眼前，對他微微一笑，給他一粒種子，告訴他說：“把種子埋在土裡，誠心祈願，就有奇蹟出現。”
男孩照著仙女的指示做了。很快的，種子生了芽，長成樹，開了花，之後結了果，變成一顆顆的金子。
我相信童話，但是，等了幾十年，就是碰不到這個仙女姐姐，所以，沒有得到種子，也沒有風水地，更沒有閃閃發光的金子。
基爾的命運不一樣，他等到了，讓童話故事化為事實。
或許，冥冥中他得到啟發，放下拔牙的鉗子，投身政治。
政治，就是那一個山洞；權力，就是那一串咒語，能夠化腐朽為神奇。
如果當年他還繼續當鄉下牙醫，大概把全村村民的牙齒拔光，也買不起基爾皇宮的那一道門。
他一定很誠心，所以，有仙人指路，引他踏上政治之路。
他一定很努力祈願，所以，有高人提拔，讓他做了州務大臣。
接下來，奇蹟就會一一出現；一個人想要的，想都沒想過的，都會來到眼前，進入手中，納進懷裡。
政治，果然能夠化腐朽為神奇。
馬來西亞，是有奇蹟的，只要有一顆神秘的政治種子。
星洲日報／馬荷加尼‧作者：鄭丁賢‧2009.07.07
Fancy owning a Balinese-themed mansion set in a half-hectare compound, in the leafy suburbs of Section 7 Shah Alam, Selangor?
Sekinchan state representative Ng Suee Lim may well be able to match the buyer and seller, for property that is going at a steal.
The mansion belongs to former Selangor menteri besar and current state opposition leader Dr Mohd Khir Toyo. While Ng values it at RM24 million, Khir insists that it has cost a mere RM3.5 million to build.
While refuting Ng's claim yesterday, Khir had laughingly challenged him to become his property agent - to sell the house at RM24 million in return for a 50 percent commission.
At a press conference in Shah Alam today, a serious-enough Ng took up the dare, even saying he already has several interested buyers lined up and that the starting price has been set at RM8 million.
“I will try my best. What I need now is an official appointment letter and most importantly, the keys to the mansion, so that I can take (prospective) buyers to evaluate the property,” he said.
Ng had claimed that the cost of Khir's house would have been beyond his means as menteri besar for eight years up to the March 2008 general election.
Khir immediately responded, saying that the house is being financed through a 30-year RM3.5 million loan from HSBC.
Sources of income?
Today, Ng continued to question Khir's sources of income. He said that - at a conservative estimate of a 4 percent interest rate - Khir would have to pay RM16,000 monthly to service the loan.
With Khir's current salary and allowances of about RM8,000 a month, he would find this difficult, Ng noted.
“He is a dentist (by profession). Even if he charges RM50 per extraction, he would have to pull out 320 teeth a month!” he exclaimed.
Furthermore - as menteri besar - Khir would have been prohibited from running a business.
Ng also brushed off Khir's allegations that the exposé was a case of revenge over a 'turf war' involving their constituencies.
Khir is state assemblyperson for Sungai Panjang, which adjoins the Sekinchan state seat.
“Khir has only recently been active in visiting constituents over the past two months and has been making visits to Sekinchan,” explained Ng, in denying the accusation.
“He is distributing welfare contributions to the poor and the elderly. That is good. We welcome it.”
On the possibility that Khir could take legal action against him, Ng said he is ready for this and is already preparing a legal fund to fight the case.