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Rosmah is said to be enraged over leaks of her personal financial details. She also fears that Zeti has detailed information on the 1Malaysia Development Bhd. scandal that could bring down the government and the prime minister. Insiders say Rosmah, a lightning rod for criticism over her lavish spending, is the field marshal directing the defense of her beleaguered husband’s government.

“My own view is that Najib will fight to the political death because of the wife,” a longtime academician and political analyst told Asia Sentinel. “She is much stronger than Najib and will not accept any retirement package. She is powerful in her own right.”

The year-long scandal has paralyzed Malaysian politics and played a major role in weakening the economy as Najib twists and turns to keep his enemies at bay. Earlier this week, Najib sacked several members of his cabinet for apparent disloyalty; he has also moved against critical news outlets.

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Driving Zeti out won’t be easy. The Central Bank Act of 2009 – ironically passed that year at Zeti’s request after Najib became prime minister – insulates the central bank from political influence. The governor can only be appointed or fired by the Malaysian King, a rotating monarchy that passes among nine sultans. The current king is from Kedah, the home state of Mahathir Mohamad, Najib’s most implacable enemy. The king reportedly has told Mahathir he is staying out of the matter so that the law can take its course.

Rosmah is said to have targeted Zeti after the Sarawak Report published details on July 9 about the deposit of RM2 million [US$523,400] into her account in Affin Bank, after which Rosmah demanded that Zeti find out who leaked the information within 72 hours or resign.

When Zeti apparently declined, she came under attack from blogs said to be linked to Rosmah.

Blogs in the fray

One of the blogs, “Fromtheeleventh,” alleged that the police Special Branch intelligence unit is investigating Zeti and three other Bank Negara officials for sedition and carrying out a parallel investigation into Selangor state water contracts involving Zeti’s husband, Tawfiq Ayman, and their son Alif. The blog also alleged that Tawfiq is being investigated for allegedly illegal commissions paid in a bank deal in which third parties benefited from insider information, supposedly which could have been provided by the central bank.

“By virtue of the close relationship between husband and wife, Ayman has access to confidential information that has been used for his benefit in his business dealings,” the blog said, indicating that “new information” had been supplied to investigators.

“The husband is a little shaky,” said a Malaysian businessman, “but Zeti has always acted quite properly.”

Another extremely well-informed source told Asia Sentinel, “I am not aware of this personally, but I would totally believe that Rosmah would try to push Zeti out if she felt threatened. Bank Negara does have lots of smoking guns on all the dodgy bank transfer documentation, both involving Rosmah and also Najib, 1MDB etc. Zeti isn’t an angel and there could be dirt on her somewhere that could be used, though she’s not been associated with any major personal scandals that I can recall. It’s more that she’s gone along with wonky stuff as required by politics and maybe got rewarded for her compliance.”

Keputusan (Bahasa Melayu) 2:

Rosmah dikatakan marah atas kebocoran maklumat peribadi kewangan beliau. Beliau juga kebimbangan bahawa Zeti telah terperinci maklumat mengenai 1Malaysia Development Bhd. Skandal yang boleh menjatuhkan kerajaan dan Perdana Menteri. Orang dalam mengatakan Rosmah, rod kilat untuk kritikan ke atas perbelanjaan mewah beliau, adalah marshal padang mengarahkan pertahanan kerajaan suami beleaguered anaknya.

"Pandangan saya sendiri adalah bahawa Najib akan berjuang untuk kematian politik kerana isteri," lama seorang ahli akademik dan penganalisis politik memberitahu Asia Sentinel. "Dia adalah lebih kuat daripada Najib dan tidak akan menerima mana-mana pakej persaraan. Beliau adalah kuat dalam hak sendiri. "

Skandal selama setahun telah lumpuh politik Malaysia dan memainkan peranan utama dalam melemahkan ekonomi secara kelainan Najib dan ternyata menyimpan musuh di teluk. Awal minggu ini, Najib dipecat beberapa anggota kabinet beliau untuk tidak setia jelas; beliau juga telah bergerak terhadap outlet berita kritikal.

kuasa bebas

Driving Zeti keluar tidak boleh mudah. Akta Bank Negara Malaysia 2009 - ironinya diluluskan pada tahun atas permintaan Zeti selepas Najib menjadi Perdana Menteri - menebat bank pusat dari pengaruh politik. Gabenor itu hanya boleh dilantik atau dipecat oleh Raja Malaysia, sebuah negara raja berputar yang berlalu antara sembilan sultan. Raja semasa adalah dari Kedah, negeri utama daripada Mahathir Mohamad, musuh paling kepala batu Najib. Raja itu dilaporkan telah memberitahu Mahathir dia tinggal daripada perkara itu supaya undang-undang boleh mengambil kursus.

Rosmah dikatakan telah disasarkan Zeti selepas Sarawak Report yang diterbitkan butiran pada 9 Julai mengenai deposit sebanyak RM2 juta [AS $ 523,400] ke dia akaun di Affin Bank, selepas itu Rosmah menuntut Zeti mengetahui siapa yang membocorkan maklumat itu dalam tempoh 72 jam atau meletak jawatan.

Apabila Zeti nampaknya ditolak, dia diserang dari blog yang dikatakan ada kaitan dengan Rosmah.

Blogs bertanding

Salah satu blog, "Fromtheeleventh," mendakwa bahawa pihak polis unit Cawangan perisikan khas sedang menyiasat Zeti dan tiga pegawai-pegawai Bank Negara di bawah Akta hasutan dan menjalankan siasatan selari kontrak air negeri Selangor yang melibatkan suami Zeti, Tawfiq Ayman, dan anak mereka Alif. Blog itu mendakwa Tawfiq disiasat untuk komisen didakwa tidak sah dibayar dalam perjanjian bank di mana pihak ketiga mendapat manfaat daripada maklumat orang dalam, kononnya yang mungkin telah disediakan oleh bank pusat.

"Oleh kerana hubungan rapat antara suami dan isteri, Ayman mempunyai akses kepada maklumat sulit yang telah digunakan bagi faedahnya dalam urusan perniagaan, "kata blog itu, yang menunjukkan bahawa" maklumat baru "telah dibekalkan kepada penyiasat.

" suami adalah sedikit goyah, "kata seorang ahli perniagaan Malaysia," tetapi Zeti sentiasa bertindak agak baik. "

satu lagi sumber yang sangat bermaklumat memberitahu Asia Sentinel," Saya tidak sedar tentang perkara ini secara peribadi, tetapi saya benar-benar akan percaya bahawa Rosmah akan cuba untuk menolak Zeti jika dia berasa terancam. Bank Negara tidak mempunyai banyak senjata api merokok pada semua dokumentasi pemindahan bank cerdik, kedua-dua yang melibatkan Rosmah dan juga Najib, 1MDB dan lain-lain Zeti bukan malaikat dan mungkin terdapat kotoran pada tempat beliau yang boleh digunakan, walaupun dia tidak dikaitkan dengan apa-apa skandal peribadi utama yang saya boleh ingat. Ia lebih bahawa dia telah pergi bersama-sama dengan barangan wonky seperti yang dikehendaki oleh politik dan mungkin mendapat ganjaran untuk pematuhan dia. "